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Old January 16th 09, 10:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Mike the Strike
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Default Hudson River Opportunity

On Jan 16, 3:28*pm, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:44:49 -0800, jcarlyle wrote:
2. *Slats and flaps were deployed. Pictures in the NY Times this morning
showed the plane tied up at a NYC pier with the slaps and flaps still
out on the left wing.


I thought I'd seen a report of partial deployment. However, I also
remembered reading the report of the Air Transat Landing in the Azores.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236

That was an A330. It lost all hydraulics when the engines stopped, which
meant no flaps or spoilers. I didn't recall what type of Airbus that was
and assumed, wrongly, that the same problem would also get the A320.


Reports also said that both engines continued turning after the bird
strikes, but produced insufficient thrust to sustain flight. They
may, however, have continued generating enough electricity and
hydraulic power for control to be retained.

Mike