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People are to curious
In 1973 a DC 10 allmost crashed with all aboard because the pilots wanted to see how fast the engines could rev.

If a flight crew cannot contain there curiousity why do so many think the average secetary can

.super70s.com/Super70s/Tech/Aviation/Disasters/73-11-03(National).asp

By playing with the autothrottle controls - in what amounted to an in-flight failure-analysis test of the autothrottle system - the crew managed to produce a condition where the engines were pushed to higher rotation speeds than they were designed for. According to audio analysis of the CVR tape, all three engines surged (#1 to 105%, #2 to 107% and number 3, which failed, to 110%).
Posted by: middle_road   Posted on: 07/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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How many times do people  Linux User 147560 | 07/26/04
I'll Tell Ya...  SC-man | 07/26/04
JUST GET IT OVER WITH AND CREATE THE UBER VIRUS  itanalyst | 07/26/04
Guerrilla Warfare. . .  boomslang_z | 07/27/04
Microsoft to Create Virus free WWW  rgriffith64@... | 07/26/04
In the meantime  michael-t | 07/26/04
"Foster Understanding"? Typical Microsoft Term  brenthawkinsmd | 07/26/04
Once again, the user IS the weakest link  John Zern | 07/26/04
People are to curious  middle_road | 07/26/04
I see MSN isn't in the list  Arrg | 07/26/04
Can you say "Monoculture"  Len Rooney | 07/26/04
And that same OS is flawed by design!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 07/27/04
So....  htotten | 07/27/04
Where is the quality testing?  leandro_z | 07/27/04
You are almost correct.  computer_man | 07/27/04
Cool new Data Mining Virus. . .  boomslang_z | 07/27/04
password  romio_juli | 05/31/06

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