Originally Posted by HALFNUT
Yea I just don't envision the simulator manufactures spending tens of thousands of dollars in programing cost to develop a high fidelity simulator that will replicate a double engine flameout due to fuel starvation.
The simulator manufacturers don't have to spend 'tens of thousands of dollars' for this or any other particular scenario. The ingredients required for the simulation have to be there anyway:
- The reconfiguration of airplane systems in response to certain failures, e.g. electrical power, autopilot, autothrust, flight controls.
- The modelling of propulsion system performance, e.g. the drag of a windmilling engine.
- The modelling of aerodynamic characteristics of the airframe and control surfaces.
Only if the airplane encounters extreme angles of attack or sideslip or Mach number does the simulator enter into uncharted territory.
P.S.
I suspect that the journalist added some drama for a more 'spicy' story. I doubt if a stall would occur in a more realistic simulation.