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OH! MY! DAYS!!!!

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BrianW

BrianW Report 4 Mar 2009 17:27

Apparently it was on a test flight post-servicing.

It had been reported that the trim tabs (which fine-balance the controls) needed adjusting, but the service engineers did the adjustment in the wrong direction.

Consequently, when the power-assistance to the controls was turned off as part of the test the plane was unstable and went into a dive.

(If the trim tabs are set correctly then the plane should neither clime nor dive and should fly itself "hand-off").

Researching:
Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#

₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&# Report 4 Mar 2009 17:17

Sally it would have missed you and got me....thats the way my week has gone so far LOL

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 4 Mar 2009 17:03

I caught that on the news and at the beginning of the report my stomach flipped as my son went on Easyjet to Prague this morning, but then I heard the rest of the report, that it was over Norfolk and not today and breathed again!
Scary tho, I hear lots of planes as we live close to the airport at Norwich, and often stop and listen in case they sound different or something wrong.

Lizx

GI YID

GI YID Report 4 Mar 2009 09:08

awwwwwwwwww Posie wosie..................fanks................

X Lairy- Fairy

X Lairy- Fairy Report 4 Mar 2009 09:05

awww Yiddy pops i would miss you lol
Rosex

Researching:
Giffen, Catlin , Stevens , Kingham, Williams , Brinkley , Walker .Odell. jones from deptford

GI YID

GI YID Report 4 Mar 2009 09:01

Lol Posie......................maybe for Sally....................but noone would miss meeeeeeeeeeeeee

X Lairy- Fairy

X Lairy- Fairy Report 4 Mar 2009 08:58

Thats really scary ..
Buttttt

think your lucky stars that there isnt a thread up .. saying possitive thought for sally and Yid coz they have just been sqished lol.
Rosex

Researching:
Giffen, Catlin , Stevens , Kingham, Williams , Brinkley , Walker .Odell. jones from deptford

GI YID

GI YID Report 4 Mar 2009 08:46

.and I could have been squished

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 4 Mar 2009 08:40

OMG don't tell me that - i always use Easyjet !!!!

GI YID

GI YID Report 4 Mar 2009 08:28

phew.............................I don't want to be a headline.........................lol

SallyF

SallyF Report 4 Mar 2009 08:10

I know! How scary is that?

GI YID

GI YID Report 4 Mar 2009 08:08

Sally, we could have been toast.................!!

SallyF

SallyF Report 4 Mar 2009 08:07

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Easyjet airliner plunged 10,000ft. The plane was on a test flight over Norfolk at the time of the incident.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7922687.stm


I could have been sat here talking to you lot and been splatted!!!! :O