SAO PAULO, Brazil - One of the two reverse thrusters on an airliner carrying 186 people that crashed in a fireball was turned off when the plane landed, the jet's owner said, as officials tried to determine why it raced down a runway instead of slowing down.
However, the airline insisted late Thursday that the thruster, used by jets to slow down just after touching down, had been deactivated earlier in accordance with proper maintenance procedures.
Brazil's Globo TV reported earlier Thursday that an unidentified problem in the Airbus-320's right reverse thruster emerged four days before the crash and was under investigation by authorities.
TAM, the airline, did …
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