CRASH: Sibir Airbus A-310 Russian Airliner

[Gerard M Foley]

A survivor's account of the plane speeding up after a normal touchdown
makes one wonder if a thrust reverser failure could be involved.

What is to prevent the application of power even if the reverser fails
to deploy correctly? I presume there is a signal to indicate
deployment, but that sort of thing can fail too.

Gerry
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[Michael C. Berch]

My understanding is that it's OK for thrust reversers to be
inoperative so long as you know it before landing, but if you've set
landing speed and touchdown point based on them working, and they
don't, that's a problem (although it should be recoverable), but
worst of all, if *one* of them fails (i.e., asymmetric reverse thrust
on a 2-engine aircraft) that's a very, very bad problem.
--
Michael C. Berch

Post by Gerard M Foley
A survivor's account of the plane speeding up after a normal
touchdown makes one wonder if a thrust reverser failure could be
involved.
What is to prevent the application of power even if the reverser
fails to deploy correctly? I presume there is a signal to indicate
deployment, but that sort of thing can fail too.
Gerry
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