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Re: Crash Landing
It is interesting to note that the spar fuel valve's on the 777 are not automaticly cut off when you pull the fire switch as they are on every other Boeing Jet Product.
To try and put this into laymans terms, it is similar to you turning off your ignition key on your car first, then disconecting the fuel pump.
In the event of an engine fire when you pull the fire switch you want everything connected to fuel and ignition to close and turn off. I see the FAA (American, Federal Aviation Authority) have set a deadline of 2010 to retro fit a auto turn off on fire switch pull, this time scale is normal.
The reason the crew did their actions simultaneously is simply down to time, in an event of evacutation being required.
Boeing's Standard Procedures are that both pilots will do their actions independantly, because when evacuating every second really does count.
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