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To: bill1952
WTH do avionics have to do with the engines shutting down?

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) initial statements said that both engines did not respond to demands for an increase in thrust from the autothrottle and later manual pilot input.

They did not say the engines shut down.

24 posted on 01/19/2008 10:02:11 AM PST by Doe Eyes
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To: Doe Eyes

>They did not say the engines shut down.

>First Officer John Coward, 41, said both engines lost power simultaneously...

This pilot kind of just did.


25 posted on 01/19/2008 10:13:45 AM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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