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Old 21st Jan 2022, 17:35
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Spooky 2
 
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Continental Airlines had a Captain roll a B727-200 back in the mid seventies. The airplane was being ferried back to LAX at night no less, I believe from BOI. No pax, but a full complement of FA's onboard of which none noticed. The Captains was later terminated, and the other two crew were given some other disciplinary "counseling" after the FAA became aware of this stunt. The Capt tried to justify this behavior by calling attention to the fact that CAL had a Saberliner 65 that the flight instructor/check airman rolled on several occasions.

The 727 had a very high roll rate with half speed brakes and 250kts which made this an easy maneuver to accomplish.
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