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Old 25th Apr 2007, 23:14
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All done before !

Twenty years back Dan-Air (remember them?) started taxing the B727 to the hold with the #2 engine shut down, it was then started just before take off as a fuel saving measure.

The number of # 2 engine failures dramaticly increased mostly due to the engine thermal stress that resulted when a cold engine was set to take off power.

All this nonsence will stop when the first few big fan's go bang!.
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