(Bloomberg) — Pilots at the control of TransAsia's fatal Flight 222, which killed 48 people, repeatedly didn't comply with standard operating procedures on safety and were likely fatigued from overwork, according to the final accident report published by Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council.
In addition, the pilot failed to identify the minimum distance from the ground required for landing, the council said in the report. Ten people survived the crash of GE222, flown using a twin-engine ATR-72 turboprop.
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