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Old 28th Sep 2009, 18:06
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Bergie
 
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I spoke to an engineer who was at the crash site shortly after the unfortunate incident who confirmed that the number 1 start lever was in cutoff. What puzzles me is that failing a dual engine failure, how did the aircraft end up only 400m from the upwind threshold? I have never flown a J41 but all the turbo-prop/ jet aircraft I have flown instruct you not to take any action bar cancelling the fire bell until at least at 400ft. What is Airlink's policy? Everyone is quick to call hero because no one was killed, but what if sop's weren’t followed and the wrong engine was shut down. We will know soon enough. Just as well the aircraft was not full of passengers.
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