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Old 28th Mar 2002, 21:25
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Plastique
 
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I remember a case about 2 years ago with an unnamed British A340 operator (now let me think who could that be...) where the first officer broke the key off in the FCRC door while walking past it. The aircraft was operating LHR-ATH backing up an A320 in maintenance.. .. .Anyway, even though there was a spare key (used for the LD-MCR), our friend took the crash axe from its stowage behind P1 and hacked his way in.. .. .In doing so he destroyed enough of the $120k structure to run up a repair bill of £20,000, not to mention the 48 hour down time, and the operational limitation until the repair could be designed approved and scheduled in. Basically the aircraft could only be operated on routes where crew rest was not required, as the strength of the unit was compromised too much to be occupied.. .. .Again no names, but you know who you are... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />
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