[mazda77]

Jets don’t glide. When the engines stop, they have the glide path like a brick.

If he set it to just above stall speed, the changing weather conditions and wind speeds and direction would have easily foiled that plan.

[T-Bone Texan]

"Jets don’t glide. When the engines stop, they have the glide path like a brick..."

It is my understanding that modern commercial jets have a glide ratio of approximately 7 to 1.

That is, they can go 7 miles for every one mile they descend. Nowadays it might be even better.

Someone with more wisdom please correct me.

[fatman6502002]

Not true according to the pilot. He claims that as the airspeed approaches stall speed it will nose the plane down to keep the speed at or near the stall speed. He claimed that the auto pilot is programmed to do that automatically. That's what he said. Are there any commercial pilots on this board that can confirm or deny this and tell us what is true here?