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You don't die when you aircraft engine stops. You glide. Every pilot has shot hundreds of landings w/o power. And, compared to a brake-seizure on a car, you'
by sanj 17y ago
You don't die when you aircraft engine stops. You glide.
Every pilot has shot hundreds of landings w/o power.
And, compared to a brake-seizure on a car, you've got lots of time to figure out what to do.
- rbanffy 17y agoI think the odds of survival are better with a brake seizure than with the loss of an engine on a plane. You may get lucky and be in a safe speed/altitude and flying over favorable terrain, but one shouldn't count on that.