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Old 22nd Apr 2010, 12:57
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Originally Posted by paweas
Can an Airbus pilot confirm how its possible to flare and land an A330 @230kt with an engine jammed @ 70% and one at idle without digging a awfully big hole in the runway or floating down the length of the runway available, if im even15 knots over in a small single the aircraft floats for an eternity how is it possible ?
Credit to the crew as they did it and so without simulator pre training – That the live engine cowling scraped the runway makes sense. There must be a video somewhere of the event … let’s wait and see.
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