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>> well i don't put a lot of credence into it ana here's the reason. any pilot worth his salt flying into an area of thunderstorms is going to put continuous ignition on his engines, which means the igniter is constantly going. it's like turning the key on your car constantly inn case it stalls. that's what you're supposed to do. in the situation with icing, you could get into a situation where you have to kind of restart the engine. there have been engines that have flamed out in the past and cut out. now, let's assume for a moment that that didn't happen, that that system failed or the pilot...

Way we have seen it happen john. that was a simplistic take on what was a very complicated dynamic situation. when you go into a thunderstorm any pilot worth his salt, the first thing they do is put on continuous ignition. in other words, it's like turning the car key on your car consistently in case it stalls. this is too avoid just what we're talking about, a flameout of the engines. yes, icing i'm certain was probably in the mix here somehow but it's somewhat colonel christensen was saying there was probably hail, there might have been icing that covered over the sensor which is measure air...