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Offline joeyb747

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Gear Lever Remains In Hand...
« on: January 09, 2011, 15:37:02 UTC »
Here Is One Of Those "Oh S*#t" Moments... :-o

"...when the crew selected the gear up, but the gear lever fractured and remained in the captain's hand while the gear retracted properly."


From:

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=435ecc03&opt=0
« Last Edit: January 09, 2011, 15:39:34 UTC by joeyb747 »



Offline atcman23

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Re: Gear Lever Remains In Hand...
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2011, 00:54:28 UTC »
"The brake... pull the BRAKE!!" 

No, no not THAT hard Captain!

That would really be a bad day.