Olympic Airways Flight 411

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Olympic Airways Flight 411 was an international flight from Ellinikon International Airport bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport and operated by Olympic Airways using a Boeing 747-200. On August 9, 1978, the flight came close to crashing in downtown Athens. Despite maneuvers near the edge of the flight envelope, none of the 418 passengers and crew suffered serious injury. Based on the flight data recorder and information supplied by Olympic Airways, Boeing found that engine No. 3 shut down at rotation and that approximately nine seconds later the crew switched off the water injection pumps. An Olympic Airways investigation found that the flight engineer had misinterpreted the extinguished No. 3 "WATER FLOW" warning light as indicating that the water supply had run out. Go-around thrust was not initially applied to the remaining engines; thrust was increased after a delay of approximately 30 seconds, although it initially remained below go-around thrust on most engines. Boeing...

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