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This plane is a 74, so it's got 4 engines and IIRC there was at one point a trans-atlantic flight from SFO or LA (with passengers, this one was cargo) that had
by thot_experiment 3y ago
This plane is a 74, so it's got 4 engines and IIRC there was at one point a trans-atlantic flight from SFO or LA (with passengers, this one was cargo) that had a compressor stall on takeoff and they just KEPT GOING on 3 engines and made it almost all the way to Heathrow before diverting due to the less efficient fuel use.
EDIT: sorry didn't notice sibling comment mentioning this exact incident, here are some links for the lazy
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_268 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_268
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWBGbi8dfac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWBGbi8dfac
- stephenr 3y ago> This plane is a 74, Yep that's my bad. I somehow read `747-8` as `787`, thanks for the link though that was an interesting read.