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> The plane could absolutely get off the ground, especially if the flaps were set before engine start or on the previous landing.

Both are i think low probability events.

Also if the electrical path through the grounding screw were already cut and the engine turned on, will the current flow through the erroneous circuit given in the article or not? If so, then the article states the propellers will be held at feathered position and thus generate no thrust, the engine failure detection system will activate and shut off fuel to both engines. If not and there is a different circuit in this case then it is not given.

Second, it is because this is a Soviet Union product that i put on my conspiracy hat and imagined some "what-ifs". They were pretty big in these sorts of sneaky shit.

Finally, i don't understand your last remark; i was merely commenting on the current suspicious environment surrounding the recent aircraft disasters.



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