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Old Dec 16, 2017 | 4:50 am
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Originally Posted by skywardhunter
Almost certainly, A380 on a ULH route - A380s are known to have flimsy breaks that overheat easily, so I'd imagine (pure speculation) that the tolerances for overweight landings are lower than on the 77Ws. Also reduce reverse thrust if they're running on 3 engines...
Wonder what engine went pop? Don’t the A380’s only use the two inboard engines for reverse thrust? Just thinking of watching them land and some videos online and only ever noticed the RT thingy’s deploying on the inner engines 😬.

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