In February 2002, a Gulfstream V underwent maintenance at a repair station at West Palm Beach Airport (PBI) in Florida. The airplane was placed on jacks for a tire change. During the process, a maintenance tech disabled the weight-on-wheels, aka “squat” switches with wooden “Popsicle sticks” to...
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