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To: Squawk 8888
Unless you are certain that the failure is isolated to the engine and won't cause malfunctions elsewhere, the most responsible course of action is to land ASAP.

My thoughts too. How did they eliminate say fuel contamination? Other than that the real issue is governmental overreach.

88 posted on 03/07/2005 6:50:05 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: Last Dakotan

A lot of people seem to be under the mistaken impression that aircraft are equipped with multiple engines for saftey and redundancy. The reality is of course that those extra engines are there for performance -- speed and lifting capacity -- and not saftey. And in fact, those multiple engines have plenty of common failure modes -- common fuel systems, control systems, maintenance screwups, and of course if one engine shreds itself, it may shrapnel the engine next to it.


150 posted on 03/07/2005 10:24:29 PM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.)
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