Losing Power

How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

Aaron wrote:
How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

Depends on the aircraft and other factors, like altitude

mrtravel wrote in
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Aaron wrote:
How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

Depends on the aircraft and other factors, like altitude


And winds.......could stay "up forever" with the right conditions,
depending on aircraft of course.


Anders

Aaron wrote:

How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

They come down at something like 22 ft/sec, at maximum glide, so if they
were at 35,000 ft, and could descend to sea level, they would have about
25 minutes of time aloft. It would likely be shorter, however, since
the aircraft would lose pressurization, and need to drop quickly to an
altitude with breathable air.

James Robinson wrote:

Aaron wrote:

How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?


They come down at something like 22 ft/sec, at maximum glide, so if they
were at 35,000 ft, and could descend to sea level, they would have about
25 minutes of time aloft. It would likely be shorter, however, since
the aircraft would lose pressurization, and need to drop quickly to an
altitude with breathable air.

What would happen to the masks?

figure about11:1glide ratio (forward-down) and probably about 250mph or so.
From 35000ft the empty tank 330 glided about 380000 ft or maybe 65 miles
(it's DISTANCE that matters, not TIME)

"Aaron" wrote in message
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How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

"Aaron" wrote in message
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How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

Air Transat managed it for a long time. They even made it safely to
Ladjes (sp?) in August 2001.

JohnT

There was also the Air Canada "Gimli Glider".

Traveler

"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Aaron" wrote in message
om...
How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

Air Transat managed it for a long time. They even made it safely to
Ladjes (sp?) in August 2001.

JohnT

"Traveler" wrote in message
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There was also the Air Canada "Gimli Glider".

Yeah, bloody lucky.

http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

Have a feeling there was another similar event 5 or so years ago again
involving Air Canada.


"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Aaron" wrote in message
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How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

Air Transat managed it for a long time. They even made it safely to
Ladjes (sp?) in August 2001.

JohnT

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:05:38 +0100, MDJ wrote:


"Traveler" wrote in message
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There was also the Air Canada "Gimli Glider".

Yeah, bloody lucky.

http://www.wadenelson.com/gimli.html

Have a feeling there was another similar event 5 or so years ago again
involving Air Canada.

I cannot recall anything of the kind. (And you bet I would have
noticed.)



"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Aaron" wrote in message
om...
How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?

Air Transat managed it for a long time. They even made it safely to
Ladjes (sp?) in August 2001.

JohnT