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Airplane is Unable to Slow Down / Cathay Pacific Flight 780

Black Box Down

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The Airplane Bounced You.

The plane touched down 95 knots over the normal touchdown speed. The ground proximity warning was going off in the cockpit because the airplane thought they were about to crash. Both engine thrust reverses were deployed by the captain, but only the number one thrust reverser deployed successfully. It hit the ground, bounced, kind of rolled a little bit and pitched down two point five degrees at the second touchdown.

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