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What is illogical ? Pilot X is at 2000 feet over lush fields and flat land he has a full engine failure! He goes down into those fields!
Same situation but he has a partial failure he now has choices?
He can use that partial power to have a controller descent into lush fields or he heads 20 miles to an airports!
The track takes him across a line of hills and forest where the engine gives up for good !
As I said choices
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