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Old 28th Sep 2005, 05:23
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punkalouver
 
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The final report is available on the French accident investigation website.
http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2003/7t...7t-z030306.pdf

Engine failure just after rotation. Copilots initial reaction while flying is "Bismi Allah Bismi allah bismi allah". No calls made concerning engine failure procedures. Gear does not get retracted. Captain takes control but they seem to argue the rest of the short flight over control of the aircraft as the speed decays. Why does the speed decrease? Because the power on the good engine somehow decreases significantly. Yet the Algerian investigation board doesn't make any attempt to explain this very crucial event.
I must say that I appreciate the French publishing some of these African reports which usually seem to disappear into nothingness. Now reading the 727 in Benin. What a complete joke. A310 in Abidjan will follow.
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