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At FL360 (36,000') the plane has a glide ratio of 20:1; so they would have been able to glide 136 miles.
by aschobel 3y ago
At FL360 (36,000') the plane has a glide ratio of 20:1; so they would have been able to glide 136 miles.
- hmaxwell 3y agothe only problem is that if there is no running jet engine, there is no more oxygen (produced from bleed air) and the oxygen masks last for 10-20 minutes...
- mmart 3y agoThe APU would still be able, to an extent, to provide pressurisation even if both engines are disabled.
- bandyaboot 3y agoI would guess that the cockpit has a longer supply and perhaps they could descend faster to a safely survivable altitude. You’ll be able to pick up speed doing so and so a lot of that energy for gliding is still available, though some extra would be wasted due to the higher speed and longer time spent in higher pressure atmosphere.