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Old 14th Jun 2009, 10:34
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Norma Stitz
 
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Another good practice for controllers (or 'airmanship' for operating crew) is to know the current wind in the event of an aborted t/o with indicated or actual fire; the BEATours 737 at Manchester in 1985 is a case in point how wind assists the path of the fire down the aircraft.
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