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Old 15th Jan 2020, 06:40
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Originally Posted by Havingwings4ever
Maybe thats not how you do it in the sim, on the usual... Maybe they hit a flock of birds, screwed up eng 2, maybe the crew saw birds going to eng 1 and it was bit acting up, would be enough for our crews to hit the emergency dump, esp when heavy. Happened to me on a MD11, hitting the emergency dump at low altitude saved us from making a hole in the ground(BOG).
Good day Wings4
can you elaborate on the rationale that “hitting the dumps saved a smoking hole”.its an unusual scenario?
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