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Old 24th Aug 2012, 17:57
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Surtchris
 
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Trident Pilots

I was looking at a Trident cockpit and something occured to me that might or might not explain the awful Papa India crash. I note the droop flap lever has a long travel - looks like twelve inches. If the lever was accidentally knocked off the spring strut, which could easily happen in turbulence because the P2 hand/wrist would be over the lever when selecting a new altitude in the height select autopilot panel, would this lever hydraulically travel back to droop flaps up position or would it stay where it was indicating to the pilots that the flaps were extended when they had retracted.
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