On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:29:40 -0700, deanwil wrote:

The Air China captain didn't understand what had happened until the tapes
were replayed in a simulator, at which point he was reportedly quite
shocked.

I don't understand. The captain was in the plane at the time of the
event, so why would "reliving" the event in a simulator help his
understanding? I'm obviously missing/misunderstanding something.

- Andrew