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Old 28th Sep 2007, 17:09
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Originally Posted by PBL
There were two incidents on record in (what AI claimed in its deposition) over 30 million fleet landings in 19 years
Originally Posted by marciovp
Shouldn´t this be measured differently? How many incidents (I believe it was three) in how many landings with one reverser locked?... This would be a better measure, no?
No, Marcio, it would not be a better measure. You reduce thrust to idle on each and every engine on each and every landing on each and every airplane, whether reversers are locked out or even if your airplane is not equipped with reversers at all.

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