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JACK: If I pull this line here, it's a vent line, we open up the vent up there a little bit and let some hot air out, that will cause it to start descending faster. If I pull this line here, the red one, we terminate, because those are mechanical type clips at the top. Once they rip out they don't seal back.



JOE: And you come down just like a rocket.

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