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To: aviator

There was an A330 that crashed during an early test flight due to a sequence of unexpected events made unrecoverable by an extreme-aft CG.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Industrie_Flight_129


64 posted on 07/20/2017 6:27:42 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Not by the CG, by the crew’s action (or inaction). One aggravating factor was the aft CG.


67 posted on 07/20/2017 6:57:56 AM PDT by zipper (In their heart of hearts, every Democrat is a communist)
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