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Old 8th Jul 2008, 00:18
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727 Early high sink rate crashes

"Almost immediately after the original 727's were delivered, there were several landing accidents resulting from an excessively high sink rate, caused by slow engine spool up times and not flying the approach by the numbers."

I've heard this information several times over the years, but searching the internet, I can't find any authoritative verification. Is it true? Can anyone point me to a writeup by a safety agency confirming it?
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