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Old Aug 14, 2007, 11:18 am
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Originally Posted by Moranguinho
14 September 1993 - Lufthansa Flight 2904, in Warsaw an Airbus A320-211 coming from Frankfurt am Main with 70 people crashed into an earth wall at the end of the runway. A fire started in the left wing area and penetrated into the passenger cabin. The copilot and a passenger died. .
To be fair to LH, this accident highlights one of the shortcomings of the Airbus FBW system. The crew couldn't manually activate thrust reversers and spoilers.

http://sunnyday.mit.edu/safety-club/warsaw-report.html
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