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Old 31st Aug 2006, 19:25
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v[QUOTE"[talking about runway 20] this runway is shorter than runway 25 by 991 meters and some say the engine failure might have been caused by the use of full thrust to allow the aircraft to take-off on a runway that is too short".
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What rot - Full power T.O. is a standard procedure often done as an Engineering requirement as well as for many other reasons and it does not matter what you do with the thrust levers you cannot exceed the designed full power (unless there is a fault of course).
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