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Old 24th November 2007 | 21:08
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Mr @ Spotty M
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Yes "lomapaseo" l agree with what you believe, and that you can not take anything for granted from a press release.
I have seen to many over the years, even some from my own company giving even the incorrect aircraft type, so l take them with a pinch of salt.
My point earlier was we do have some official confirmation, in that it was not chocked, was using parking brake and that the persons on board we being vigilant as they did notice the a/c moving within seconds and applied the main brakes.
We have no idea why they did not retard the throttles straight away as most of us would do however.
The reason this was official confirmation is because it was released to the airlines and not the dam press.
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