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Old 9th Apr 2015, 16:27
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ayv8tor
 
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One of our company check pilots recently visited Airbus. They let slip the following:
The a/c had a rudder trim limiter fault. ( MEL or airborne not known)
For some reason the captain pulled the CB's for both FAC's.
While he was out of his seat the FO applied bank to offset a rudder trim input.
The aircraft quickly pitched up to 45 deg, then 105 deg bank......
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