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747 'control problems'

PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:35 pm
by Wing Nut
Boy, they make this sound so non-chalant, but you know they had to clean the seats after this one...  ;)

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Re: 747 'control problems'

PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:11 pm
by OTTOL
Not that big a deal really!  
Water ran down into the forward main spar area and froze, limiting but not completely disabling roll control. Scenarios just like this are frequently practiced in the Sim during recurrent training.