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Old 14th Nov 2008, 14:01
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Thanks for the helpful data FullWings.

I don’t want to sound picky, but to me, looking at the graph, the engines at the time were producing more like 1.03-1.04EPR, which is a bit closer to the desirable request.
Anyway, the point is there was still some valuable produced thrust, knowing that the FF reduced only 8000 feet before the threshold, I am surprised BA38 touched down at the end of the rope a full 2000 feet before the usual touchdown point ?

In no way this is a critic to the crew, but keeping the Vref would have been a better option than keeping the Glide Slope.

As we have seen again in CIA this week, dual engine malfunction (?) in final DO happen.
It would be time to implement such exercise in sim training, not to cover all possibilities but just to make aware of different options and consequences.
As always, let’s learn from the unlucky one.
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