The engineers changed the flap position indicator and this apparently has cured both the normal and alternate flap problem. I'm not convinced though, as they are two independant systems - hence my thread.
Tech entry penned off as replacement of flap position indicator, which has fixed normal system, and alternate system. Have flown the a/c since, and normal system fine, but how do I know that alternate system hasn't still got a fault (without running alternate flap drill) ?.....
As said above, it could be that both systems tested after replacement of flap position indicator on the ground were found to be satisfactory, but alternate under air loads may fail again = problems for next crew (hopefully not me) having to use alternate system!
Thanks for the input guys, given me a an insight into problems which may have caused the alternate system to fail too. Bad day when both your systems fail, but after all, they are machines, and all machines break
