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Old 25th Aug 2016, 06:48
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Dead Stick landings in jet transport aicraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadstick_landing

Browsing the aviation internet and found this interesting explanation of the term "Dead Stick Landing."

Also displayed were known instances of dead stick landings in jet transport aircraft. The list omitted to mention Garuda Flight 421, a Boeing 737 that lost all engines power in a huge thunderstorm and was forced to ditch flapless in the Bengawan River, Indonesia on 16 June 2002. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda...sia_Flight_421


Losing all engines for whatever reason, over the sea or land, is every pilot's nightmare. Despite this risk, it is not a priority training exercise in current simulator training by major airlines. With no shortage of evidence linking automation dependency as the leading cause of degradation of manual flying skills, it seems strange the subject is not considered a serious enough problem to frighten Regulators or Operations Departments into action. Pity about that. After all, loss of all engines means the pilot has only one go at forced landing successfully. You can't go-around if you stuff up.

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