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Old 13th Mar 2005, 02:24
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Can any of our 744 pilots tell me if this flight were to lose a second engine at any point along the route flown over the Atlantic, that there would be no risk of running out of fuel before making it to an alternate? Would this have been considered?

I know everyone contends that it is considered very unlikely for this to occur; all I want to know is if it did happen at any point along the track was there an alternate within range should it happen? Without knowing the intended route, weight, or performance wrt fuel flow and achievable flight level on two engines, I was curious.....was there any segment of the flight plan that could have been unprotected should a second failure have occurred?
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