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If you're down to one engine, you opt for the nearest safe haven, independent of how long you're rated to fly on one engine. You don't tempt fate.
by Denvercoder9 7y ago
If you're down to one engine, you opt for the nearest safe haven, independent of how long you're rated to fly on one engine. You don't tempt fate.
- raverbashing 7y agoNot necessarily the nearest if you have a couple of airports at approximately the same distance, but in this situation I guess it makes sense to land ASAP and CDB is ok. Some emergency situations will have the plane fly back to its origin even if there are closer airports (source: have been in one), some others will have you land at the closest airport period even if might not be 100% suitable.
- ncmncm 7y agoYou can rarely be sure the failure wasn't something also experienced by the other engine. Wasn't long ago a 747 flying over the North pole had all four engines fail simultaneously. Fortunately, conditions at 20,000 ft were better, and they got them restarted. GE actually managed to figure out what went wrong and made sure it couldn't happen again. Makes me think they sort of knew it could happen, but the conditions seemed too unlikely.