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Ignition Override
By the way, not too many years ago, "Aviation Week" stated that original records from TWA maintenance revealed that BEFORE the 727 flown by Hoot Gibson rolled into a dive over Michigan, there had been uncommanded LE slat problems...again, from dates before that famous incident.
There are LOTS of stories around and apparently sufficient past practice to question whether the slats extension was *uncommanded* or the result of some 'work-arounds' developed by crews to get more wing in cruise.