From: rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com   
      
   john bates wrote:   
      
   > *** I've heard of fly by wire but don't know much about it - What bugs me is   
   > that if it were just engine failure, that must mean that controls were not   
   > affected.   
      
   No. The engines didn't fail. This is gross oversimplification by the press. It   
   was the CONTROL SYSTEM that failed (or the fuel feed).   
      
   Two Rolls Royce Trents in good working order, operating at low thrust simply   
   don't quit simultaneously.   
      
   Graham   
      
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