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Old Apr 16, 2002 | 9:23 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by remedy:
...and at DTW, why does the aircraft go FORWARD before it backs out? I am always afraid that it will plow into the terminal!</font>
they do this everywhere. sounds like it's to make sure there's nothing left in the path of the wheels (chocks, bags, small children etc) and that the brakes are really off.

wonder if a DC-10/MD-11/TriStar could do it with the tail engine...
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