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Old 9th Apr 2011, 01:16
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sevenstrokeroll
 
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I just don't get it...a warning light comes on saying there is smoke...but you don't smell anything?

I remember when they gave the first mercury astonauts a small hammer...the advice was if something didn't work...hit it.

are we to the point where warning lights have overcome common sense?

I had smoke, or what we thought was smoke in the DC9...I left the flight deck and went back to take a look...it didn't look like smoke..more like dirt/dust. We shut down the pack that supplied the cabin, used the other pack and flew the thing at lower altitude...arriving on time.

when on the ground, we had found a hose clamp sort of thing had fallen off sucking in some air from the tail compartment...a bit stinky. mx fixed it in about 10 minutes.

thing is boys, think.
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