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Old 20th June 2007 | 05:47
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Rainboe
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It's not that certain there was an 'issue' to be handled in the first place. There was 'buffeting'. Maybe a bit of turbulence requiring seat belt signs and hence cabin crew remaining seated and unable to activate IFE? Engine noise varies a lot in every climb when power is changed for level off. It would seem possibly there were problems with a ground/flight microswitch, which were presumably solved as the aerolane went on to make an Atlantic crossing otherwise you wouldn't have got pressurised, but sometimes inexperienced flyers mistake flap noises for gear noises. Probably no feedback because the 'incident' is largely in your mind and the Captain felt he had said all that needed to be said. A non-event perhaps? And this is posted in the wrong place.
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