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Old 17th Feb 2007, 01:22
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archae86
 
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how does one do that?

The press reports describe the pilot as braking hard followed by abrupt acceleration--in order to throw the hijacker holding a gun to his head to the floor.

The abrupt acceleration seems puzzling, given real spool-up times, and 10200 feet of runway.

What does one do? Land Navy style--advancing the throttles on or just before touchdown, so that by the end of the braking pulse there will be enough thrust to give a useful jerk? Then heavy braking again?

Desperate situations require bold solutions--this fellow seems to have seen that as few do.
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