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How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power?
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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 |
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mrtravel wrote in
: 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 |
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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. |
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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? |
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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 om... How long could an airliner remain aloft if it loses all power? |
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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 |
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There was also the Air Canada "Gimli Glider".
Traveler "JohnT" wrote in message ... "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 |
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"Traveler" wrote in message .. . 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 ... "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 |
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:05:38 +0100, MDJ wrote:
"Traveler" wrote in message .. . 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 ... "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 |
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