May 25, 2015
Stat of the Week Competition Discussion: May 23 – 29 2015
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This in reply to Tony’s comment on the nomination page:
The A330 is actually the model aircraft in this answer, which suggests that there was perhaps 150-180km of range for this plane with 2 dead engines.
But also that controlled decline is appropriate for a plane that has lost power, and wikipedia flameout suggests that lowering altitude is important to get higher air pressure, and then the plane speed is used windmills the engines up to speed for re-start. So while its obviously a concern that both engines lost power, it seems like the appropriate action was taken in a particularly uneventful fashion.
10 years ago
Great read on why engines flameout
http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/flameout-9043856/?all
10 years ago