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Old 11th Dec 2008, 20:59
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ChristiaanJ
 
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Huck,
Grossly unfair remark....
Count off thirteen seconds, and tell me what you would have done in that time.

Twenty-twenty hindsight doesn't count.

Three seconds to get the message the aircraft is moving, after a three-minute engine run.
Two seconds for " oh *****, the brakes ", and starting to stamp on them.

Eight seconds left.

The pit wall looming up, so you try to turn.
Somehow chopping the throttles gets left out....

Read the report for the rest.

CJ

PS: For those with sufficient technical knowledge, the somewhat warped translations being provided by babelfish and similar, should be enough to get the essentials. Others shouldn't be commenting here in the first place.
And no, I'm not going to translate the entire report either, unless somebody pays me.
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