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   From: Sm@rt.1   
      
   Eeyore  wrote in   
   news:4792E769.39EB0707@hotmail.com:   
      
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   > user@nouse.org wrote:   
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   >> Some have said the plane just dropped from 200 feet, bull. That would   
   >> have meant a lot of very   
   >> serious injuries.   
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   > You bet.   
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   >> As far as the digital system (broad sense) goes, that's a good   
   >> suspect but I'm still unclear about this business of simultaneous   
   >> dual engine outage. It seems that no engines were available, alright,   
   >> but has anyone said they were both lost at the same time as   
   >> opposed to very far apart?   
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   > Yes they have. Simultaneous failure to respond to a demand for power,   
   > initally from the auto-throttle and then failure to respond to a   
   > manual movement of the throttles. Something electrical/electronic or   
   > software related looks very suspect right now. Some comment was made   
   > that the captain said he lost the avionics.   
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   >> Can any 777 types tell from the pictures if all-engines landing flap   
   >> had been lowered? That would negate an engine-out approach before the   
   >> second one packed up.   
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   > It was in full landing trim.   
   Landing trim?   
      
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