From: a@b.c   
      
   On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:09:46 +0000, Eeyore   
    wrote:   
      
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   >   
   >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.   
      
   Yes, they prefer the drama of TO thrust for any simultaneous failure!   
      
   Idiot.   
      
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