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Old 7th Jan 2013, 11:43
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Originally Posted by Alexander de Meerkat
What I would have to counter that argument with is that a far worse situation arose in the past with 'rudder hardover' in the 737 - icing causing problems with with rudder actuator on a handful of occasions which led to the loss of a number of aircraft with many casualties. No one said that the aircraft was unsafe, when arguably it was.
But it was before the Internet time ... the situation would be very different today.
In the meantime, no one is saying the Airbus is 'unsafe' at least not me, the request is to improve the situation based on more than valuable argumentation.
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