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Could they have landed while gliding or would they have almost certainly been killed if the engines did not turn back on?
by matte_black 9y ago
Could they have landed while gliding or would they have almost certainly been killed if the engines did not turn back on?
- mcguire 9y agoYes. You'd want a longer runway (no thrust reversers and less fine control for where you are landing), but then see US Airways 1549 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549?wprov=sfla1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549?wprov...).
- slavak 9y agoEngine-off (so-called "dead stick") landings are absolutely possible even in a commercial aircraft, and are something you practise pretty much from day 1 of flight training: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadstick_landing#Deadstick_landings_of_passenger_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadstick_landing#Deadstick_la...