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Old 7th December 2009 | 06:33
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brakedwell
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When the nose landing gear was ripped off it took the batteries with it, removing power from all electric cut-off switches/valves, which remained in their open "engine running" mode.

A similar loss of battery power happened with the Air Europe 757 accident in Funchal.
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