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Originally Posted by shakran
A 747 can fly on 3 engines. It can even glide for awhile, IC3, which means if it breaks down it's not necessarilly going straight into the ground.
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You got any info on the glide ratio of a 747?

Pretty frickin' miserable, I would suspect.
What really surprises me is that ATC didn't jump all in that pilot's ass when they saw sparks flying out of a kaputz engine.