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Old 26th Aug 2011, 11:45
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A little off topic

Lone, I noticed this, "Alt 2 latched does not mean "flight control locked and no longer able to be moved."" before I noticed it was to bear and ignored the message.

I have an idle question that does not bear on this crash. Why might Alt 2 latch in and not be able to be escaped back to normal once the aircraft is flying normally again? Permanently latching out the aircraft safety systems for half of a long (10 hours?) flight seems counter productive.
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