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Old 04-03-2014 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by casual observer
Good call to go to Kennedy vs. landing in LGA.

- Captain Obvious.

Seriously though, keeping people alive and Delta out of the news is why Delta pilots should be getting paid the big bucks.
Originally Posted by Scoop
The article said that they lost all of the hydraulic fluid. I think accumulators just provide the pressure but still need fluid in the system to work. You would think something like the brakes would have a separate accumulator powered system for just such an occasion. Hopefully a Mad-Dog Pilot will enlighten us.

Scoop
Wonder if they tried to stop with reverse thrust? With no brakes WGAS about reverse below 80kts? We used to do reverse thrust power backs from the gate in another lifetime.......