Flap indicator
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Ofcourse the MD80 have a Flap position indicator- Its located @ the center instrument panel- There is NO passenger aircraft flying around that im aware of that does not have one.
Then why it was not noted or why they did takeoff without flap/slat selected if that actually did happened is something completely different. My post is just to clearyfy that in the scenario I described the last resort of protection for human error could or more likely would in this case been out of the way.
Thats the famous swiss cheese syndrom. When all varialble comes together that particulary day it just aint your day and accidents could happen. Accidents as you know usually is caused by a chain of errors and not by a single failure or error.
Just trying to find something that could make sence of how it could happen,
Regards
Wings 1011