Your thoughts?
Not on takeoff.
Prolly, if you lean to one side and open the throttle.
Prolly, if you lean to one side and open the throttle.
"All the way to the scene of the crash."
You should try a reactor scram at ****** feet in a sub and no option for emergency blow.
You should try a reactor scram at ****** feet in a sub and no option for emergency blow.
“We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped.”
I seriously doubt,the captain said that on the PA system. Especially while trying to regain control of the aircraft.
This does beg the question of two engine transoceanic aircraft.
I used to travel on 777’s to and from Asia. It was always in the back of my mind what would happen if 1 of the 2 engines failed
Then there’s the story of the Boeing 747 on a transatlantic flight from Paris.
1 hour in the captain came on the intercom and told everyone that they had lost an outboard engine. They were not to worry, but it would take and extra 30 minutes before they could make it to New York.
30 minutes later, the captain came back on the speakers and announced that they had lost the outboard engine on the other side. Still, they were not to worry, because the plane could easily fly on two engines. But there would be an additional delay of 45 minutes getting into New York.
20 minutes after that a third message was relayed. They had lost one of the inboard engines. Still, there was no concern since the airplane could be flown on one engine, but it would take an additional 1 hour to make it to New York.
At that point, one of the passengers turned to the person in the seat next to him. “If we lose that last engine, we could be up here all night!”
Don’t know why but this reminds me of the ground crew employee up in Washington, Seatac I think, where he stole and flew a Horizon turbo prop aircraft while putting on mind bending maneuvers, some of which were videoed. .
Absolutely yes. All the way to the scene of the crash.
Kinda reminds me of that Malaysian Airlines flight that disappeared.One wounder what the passengers were thinking in the final minutes (hours?).
Yes, you can get it to the ground on no engines if you have a runway. They’ll glide.
Its a dang good thing those planes didn’t have MCAS.
“With all four engines not functioning, the aircraft began to glide down towards the earth”
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This is a joke right?
I remember being on a TWA 747 from Paris to JFK somewhere over the Atlantic when the pilot came on and informed us that what we had just felt wasn’t turbulance, it was one of the engines cutting out but not to worry, there were still three other working engines and only two were needed to land safely.
I never understood why they told us at all.
I disagree with that conclusion. The article also said that "none of the engines was able to operate at full power"
The conclusion should have been: "The case of BA9 was a real-world demonstration that a Boeing 747 on just one engine at partial power was still not enough to gain, or even maintain altitude.