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Old 15th Sep 2010, 09:16
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togsdragracing
 
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Can I add a dumb but not-unrelated question here then. IIRC a Lauda Air aircraft crashed because a thrust reverser deployed in flight. Like most people I thought that "reverse thrust" meant just that. If I read the above correctly, then what brought this flight down was the extra drag?
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