ROME A pilot who began praying instead of enacting emergency measures before a Tunisian charter flight plummeted into the sea and killed 16 people off Sicily in 2005 was convicted of manslaughter, news reports said Tuesday.

The plane's black box showed that the Tunisian pilot, Chefik Gharbi, lost control of the situation, ceded command of the plane to his co-pilot and began praying, the ANSA news agency reported.

Gharbi and his co-pilot, who was also convicted in the case, were among 23 people who survived the crash. Both were sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Prosecutors contended that the pair had failed to put emergency measures in place.

Italian aviation authorities said the ATR-72 went down Aug. 6, 2005 after running out of fuel, because the fuel gauge on the plane was the wrong model and did not show that the fuel tanks were nearly empty.

Palermo Judge Vittorio Anania also blamed human error and convicted Gharbi and co-pilot Ali Kebaier of manslaughter, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and other reports said.

The reports said that another five people, including airline executives, were convicted and received lesser sentences, while two people were acquitted.

The ruling was handed down Monday and defense lawyers plan to appeal, the reports said.

Gharbi "is convinced that he did all he could to save as many lives as possible," his defense lawyer, Francesca Coppi, was quoted as saying by Corriere della Sera. "Faced with danger, he evoked his God just like anyone of us would do."

Coppi and other lawyers could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

The Tuninter charter, flying from the Adriatic port of Bari to the Tunisian resort of Djerba, crashed into choppy waters off Sicily's northern coast. The pilot had hoped to make an emergency landing in Palermo, but ditched in the sea before he could make it to land after the second engine failed.

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its not beings cowardice moron

its beings morality to observings of good paths and righteousness when flyings over scenes of italian tony mafiaso porno smut lewdity faggetry

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Then perhaps the Italian authorities should send him to that which he prays so hard for!

F'ing barbarian! Muslims should be banned from flying in the West if they can't control their religious baggage.

This is depressing.

Siege of Tobruk - One German POW said: "I cannot understand you Australians. In Poland, France, and Belgium, once the tanks got through the soldiers took it for granted that they were beaten. But you are like demons. The tanks break through and your infantry still keep fighting." Rommel wrote of seeing "a batch of some fifty or sixty Australian prisoners ... marched off close behind usimmensely big and powerful men, who without question represented an elite formation of the British Empire, a fact that was also evident in battle."


"As a Internet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

One would think the muslims that get the intense training to become commercial passenger pilots would not behave like this, but it seems a muslim, is a muslim, is a muslim, and they are living in the 21st Century with outdated 7th Century BCE mentality.


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So Allah decided not to kill the coward but let him be prosecuted by authorities He should be put on the great french wall of cowards.

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He should be put on the great french wall of cowards.

what's this ? 12 bullets in the body ?

Soon it will be time to fly only Asian airlines.

F.uck an eye for an eye. You take my eye, and I will kill you, and all those you care about. That is our policy.

You kidding? Singapore and Malaysia? lol

Siege of Tobruk - One German POW said: "I cannot understand you Australians. In Poland, France, and Belgium, once the tanks got through the soldiers took it for granted that they were beaten. But you are like demons. The tanks break through and your infantry still keep fighting." Rommel wrote of seeing "a batch of some fifty or sixty Australian prisoners ... marched off close behind usimmensely big and powerful men, who without question represented an elite formation of the British Empire, a fact that was also evident in battle."


"As a Internet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

I meant northeast Asian. Asians are not as good pilots as Europeans, but I'll take a 100% chance of getting a Korean pilot when flying Korean Airways over the X% chance of getting a Arab/Black pilot when flying a European or American airline. Not now, but in the future, when X becomes quite large.

F.uck an eye for an eye. You take my eye, and I will kill you, and all those you care about. That is our policy.

in no world rankings of best airline of world are westrns leewdity porno faggetry drunkards incestuous being in top 10, let alone amerikunts

its always beings our ummah brotherhoods nations of varietys place and many nonmuslim chinegooks and flying ninja karate persons with eatings too much kimchi

sayonara

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singapore & malaysia airlines are way better: 5 star airlines : Asiana, Cathay Pacific, Kingfisher, Malaysia, Qatar & Singapore; in no particular order.

http://www.airlinequality.com/StarRanking/5star.htm

no kidding to you.

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its beings morality to observings of good paths and righteousness when flyings over scenes of italian tony mafiaso porno smut lewdity faggetry"

I think he should start praying before take off...

It's NOT over untill the fat lady sings, boyz like you think god sorts everything out, explain your stupidity then...

God only reward the just and the willing, this is the difference between the winners like al ad-Dn and brain fried loosrs like yourself who pretend to know Islam and keep loosing it.

Grow up.

As the WAFF's trolls Thunder Syndrome grows stronger, signatures get stupider, behaviour weirder...

Let's design a Typhoon shall we Mister Herbst?
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sampaix what you are beings talking of?

your cheese eatings must finish before you talk so we can beings understandings your wine doused comments

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Emirates, a "Muslim" Airline, has not had a single crash since its inception in 1986.

He was probably reaching around to pull out his prayer rug and pushed the wheel forward with his gut.

Emirates has one of the highest Western pilot ratio in the world as well... Along with Singapore, Malaysia, Etihad and Qatar...

Siege of Tobruk - One German POW said: "I cannot understand you Australians. In Poland, France, and Belgium, once the tanks got through the soldiers took it for granted that they were beaten. But you are like demons. The tanks break through and your infantry still keep fighting." Rommel wrote of seeing "a batch of some fifty or sixty Australian prisoners ... marched off close behind usimmensely big and powerful men, who without question represented an elite formation of the British Empire, a fact that was also evident in battle."


"As a Internet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."