Cable set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta may be guilty of the most bizarre power button behavior for its digital video recorder distributed by TimeWarner Cable.
It suffered from short-circuits, faulty radio and power systems, an unreliable tape-recorder, a sticky camera platform, and the loss of much of the gas that supplied its stabilising thrusters a problem overcome by repositioning its solar panels and main antenna so that they acted as solar sails, stabilising the probe via the gentle pressure of sunlight.
She said the flight data recorder indicated "both engines lost power simultaneously" when the plane was at 3, 200 feet -- some 90 seconds after takeoff.
She said the flight data recorder indicated "both engines lost power simultaneously" when the plane was at 3, 200 feet some 90 seconds after taking off from New York's LaGuardia airport Thursday afternoon.