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Jan 15, 2009 | 9:35 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 12172003

I wonder if they lost all electrical power requiring the RAT to drop from the belly of the plane.

To the best of my knowledge, the A320 family doesn't have a RAT (Ram Air Turbine for those not familiar). If any have been modified for ETOPS they may but none of US' (East or West) have been so modified (I've never heard of any anywhere being so modified).

Jim