Rulon Gardner update: Pilot speaks

The pilot in the Rulon Gardner air crash has spoken, and has confirmed what seemed obvious about the crash from the facts. According to the Salt Lake Tribune:

The plane's pilot, Randy Brooks, sheepishly admitted Sunday night that their ordeal was the product of a moment of carelessness. "I just got too close to the water and went in," said Brooks, who lives in Highland and is the owner and CEO of Barnes Ammunition in American Fork. "There was nothing wrong with the airplane or anything. I just screwed up."

Good for him for saying so. As for the screwing up itself....

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2007/02/rulon-gardner-update-pilot-speaks/7536/