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Old 12th Oct 2020, 20:41
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Unless the autopilot can fly the plane with that much damage and two engines out on one side, I’d think going to the chutes would be a very bad idea. Yes, the enlisted crew could get out, but the pilots would be stuck in an out of control situation trying to chutes on and out the door to an uncertain safe escape from the airframe.

That said, many moons a go a friend on a C-123 with a wing fire took to the chute when he no longer could talk to the pilots on intercom. Survived the landing only to be bit by a dog.
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