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Old 04-08-2010 | 04:46 PM
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BlueMoon
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Originally Posted by yamahas3
Thrust levers physically at auto causes spoilers to deploy. Actual fan speed above 77.9% causes the config warning. The engines don't spool down as fast as you bring the levers back, therefore for a split second you get the config warning.


It looks like this crew tried really hard to kill themselves and were saved by the complete luck of having EMAS at the end. Any other airport and this would've been another Colgan 3407 aftermath.
That is what I thought...forgot the specifics and I wasn't about to look for the book.
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