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 From: ouch@itaintpretty.no 
  
 "Pete"  wrote in message 
 news:fnCfd.8125$KJ6.4926@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... 
 >> My point was that a FBW aircraft that did not have limiting software, 
 >> is wrong.  I now see that the plane in question was not FBW. 
 >> "Nevermind! " 
 > 
 > Yeah, me too.  I assumed all Airbus aircraft employed FBW.  Mea 
 > culpa. 
 > 
 > But to start another flame war, maybe AA has a culture problem 
 > of ignoring manufacturers' advice.  Remember that it was an AA 
 > DC-10 that lost an engine at ORD, and AA's maintenance practice 
 > of removing engines with a forklift was the culprit, contrary to 
 > McDonnell Douglas' advice. 
 > 
 > 
 > Pete 
  
 Perhaps it's not coincidence that AA is responsible for both the deadliest 
 and the second deadliest airliner crashes in US history (DC-10 in Chicago, 
 A300 in NYC). 
  
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