From: a@b.c   
      
   On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:21:14 +0000, Eeyore   
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   >JL Grasso wrote:   
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   >> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:33:38 +0000, Eeyore   
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   >> >JL Grasso wrote:   
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   >> >> Eeyore wrote:   
   >> >> >john bates wrote:   
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   >> >> >> *** 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).   
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   >> >> >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!   
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   >> >> Idiot.   
   >> >   
   >> >I look forward to your explanation for the simultaneous failure of 2   
   engines in good working order.   
   >> >   
   >> >IDIOT !   
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   >> Whooooosh, idiot!   
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   >WHOOOOSH to you too   
   >   
   >IDIOT   
      
   A welcomed reprieve from your normal "Boeing bad, airbus good" moron   
   posts.   
      
   Jerry   
      
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