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Watch a 400 ton cargo giant slam reverse thrust on a wet runway - water explosion

At Luxembourg Airport (ELLX), a Cargolux Boeing 747-400F demonstrates the raw power of reverse thrust during a wet runway landing. Weighing up to 400 tons, the aircraft uses all four engines to slow ...
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Airbus modifying CFM56 engine-control logic after serious A320 thrust-reverser incident

Airbus is aiming to introduce an engine control unit software modification for CFM International CFM56 powerplants, to reduce the safety risk if A320 pilots attempt a go-around after activating ...

Flight heading to Kozhikode diverted to Kochi following technical snags

Kochi: An Air Arabia flight (G9 454) operating from Sharjah to Kozhikode was diverted to Kochi airport in the early hours of ...
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Pilot forgot to configure thrust-reverser switches before Falcon 10 overrun

US investigators probing a landing overrun which badly damaged a Falcon 10 have determined that the thrust-reversers did not deploy, because the jet was wrongly configured during approach. The inquiry ...

Air Arabia flight from Sharjah to Kozhikode diverted after technical snag

An Air Arabia flight from Sharjah to Kozhikode was diverted to Cochin International Airport here early Saturday due to a ...
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Why Do Plane Engines Open When Landing?

Landing a massive passenger aircraft requires a host of different systems and procedures to work correctly, and there are many redundancies in place when conditions are less than ideal or the ...