Would you abort or continue if you suddenly lost all engines between V1 and V2?
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Would you abort or continue if you suddenly lost all engines between V1 and V2?
For the commercial pilots out there, if you ended up loosing all engines after V1 but before you or just after you had reached V2, what action would you take?
And do you commercial pilots train for such an event in the simulator?
Regards: Elliott
And do you commercial pilots train for such an event in the simulator?
Regards: Elliott
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I would continue the take-off, turn downwind immediately and only consider restarting the engines if my chem trail tanks are empty. Otherwise I'd consider gliding it to a landing in the closest river and dump the fluid there like Sully did.
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change fuel tanks, check mags to both then Start, recycle carb heat and mixture: if all else fails head between legs, kiss your arse goodbye and plant it straight ahead ASAP. V2 is very close to the end of the runway and at <100' so no time to 'pick a field.'
Then ask ops to get on the phone and ask for your money back on not 1 but 2 or even more duff engines.
Damn; must remember to drain the fuel next time.
As for the training of such a scenario, No. If you're thinking of the Hudson glider, they were lucky to have height to play with. Some companies do train for total loss of thrust on finals, a la BA 777 at LHR. Train being a lose word. Experience the WTF moment, try it a couple of different ways with moving, or not, the flaps and see just how lucky the crew-pax- and all innocent ground based inhabitants were in the BA event. The Thames was not an option.
Then ask ops to get on the phone and ask for your money back on not 1 but 2 or even more duff engines.
Damn; must remember to drain the fuel next time.
As for the training of such a scenario, No. If you're thinking of the Hudson glider, they were lucky to have height to play with. Some companies do train for total loss of thrust on finals, a la BA 777 at LHR. Train being a lose word. Experience the WTF moment, try it a couple of different ways with moving, or not, the flaps and see just how lucky the crew-pax- and all innocent ground based inhabitants were in the BA event. The Thames was not an option.
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I guess it's time to put this one to bed and tuck it in goodnight ... for the OP, as the other folk have indicated .. you are either going to stop on the runway (if things are really going your way)... or crash. Can't really see too many other feasible options .. although I like RAT 5's optimism.
