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> "planes with two engines have twice as many failures as single engine planes"

There has to be a smart reply to that, like: 100% of pilots of single engine planes don’t make it home after a single engine failure. 100% of pilots of dual engine planes do make it home after a single engine failure.



Planes are natural gliders and you can recover from engine failure. It's not like they just fall out of the sky.


say for the zoomy lawn darts we call fighters.

pushes glasses


If you lose an engine on a twin engine plane, you have to decide if you have an emergency or not. If you lose an engine on a single engine plane, you have to decide where you can make an emergency landing.




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