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Originally Posted by PJ2
Lost in Saigon;
The original notion posited by some was, the engines continued to run post-crash and the resultant high thrust levels from the departed engines was the reason they were so far ahead of the wreckage. I think that is an incorrect assessment of why the engines ended up where they are. What do you think?
Well, maybe I'm the culprit regarding the engines...
I also think the engines had momentum from the 80-90 knt horizontal speed.
But I could not realize the engines like "balls", *if* they were rotating (not running exactly). This *is* momentum. 2.4 ton, let half be rotating mass, at what speed? They would mantain the direction at what they became loose. I could see an engine like that "ploughing" the field until the rotational momentum is lost. Or making all sort of jumps.
How long takes an engine to stop rotating, after fuel cutted out? And *if* they were at full throtle?
Relevance? Only if it helps to say what happened before. Of course there would be the data from FDR, so maybe irrelevant.
So, let us put this to rest.