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Old 19th November 2013 | 16:13
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emergency000
 
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The only airliner currently in general use that uses electric starter motors on its main engines is the Boeing 787. And those definitely aren't IAE V2500s! All others use air starters, as mainwheel said, powered by APU bleed air (or an air start unit in the scenario of an inop APU).
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