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Old 18th August 2003 | 10:26
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Dan Kelly
 
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Usually on a 4 engined jet aircraft the critical engine is the outboard engine on the upwind side. This is because should it fail, asymmetric thust (yaw) towards the dead engine will be assisted by the crosswind component's yawing effect on the fin and aft fuselage area.
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