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Old 6th Apr 2006, 09:41
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Hand Solo
 
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The aircraft has plenty of 'thrust redundancy' after losing a single engine. Lose a second and it will still maintain 14000 feet. Lets not overlook (yet again) that there were countless diversion airfields all along the route in the event of a second failure.
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