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Old 29th Jun 2023, 02:46
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Yes and no, Turbines just poop themselves for different reasons, in service reliability is more a consideration for cost as they have longer TBOs and such. As far as experiencing engine failures, you will see them as regularly in turbine aircraft as piston, however the other engine if you have one is more than capable of producing enough thrust continuously to make it less of an event to the piston counterpart. With a piston its more likely to actually fail, rather than a sensor telling you to shut it down, which is the case in many turbine shutdowns and the sensor tends to be at fault rather than the engine. There are many occasions where they do fail mechanically as well, and from birdstrikes or FOD. Most airlines will have a few shut downs every year for various reasons, most will never reach the ATSB anymore as its considered a non event, unless it creates media attention.
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