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Old 29th Jun 2010, 23:13
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The Air Florida crash was caused because the engine anti ice was not turned on and the epr probes gave eroneous readings. If they had just advanced the power beyond the max epr they would not have crashed. The epr reading was wrong because engine anti ice was turned off. Florida guys are not that familiar with icing conditions. I for one. They made a terrible mistake that morning. I felt it in my gut when they crashed because I was flying a 737 also in California and knew something went wrong. The heroes that jumped in to save the passengers are still in my mind. I agree with pushing the thrust levers to the limit when things go south. Years ago during Air Florida times they didn't have thrust limiters but they do now. The computer would have probably not given them the power they needed today either if the engine anti ice was turned off.
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