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Old 03-16-2005, 07:32 AM   #25 (permalink)
Gabbyness
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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.
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.
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