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Jeju Air flight 2216

Fear of Landing

The 737 does not use Weight on Wheels (WoW) to enable the thrust reversers. This was done early in the program (737-100/200) because it was discovered the 737 was prone to float in ground effect enough that it could prevent WoW from going true after touchdown – same with wheel speed.

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