RE: [Flightgear-devel] Another Deadstick Landing

[Jon S. B. <js...@ha...>]

> It seems Canadian commercial pilots have a thing for dead-stick
> landings; first the Gimli glider, and now this, yesterday in the
> Azores:
>
>   http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/010825/666620.html


A key phrase in that article, for me, was this:

"A veteran commercial pilot said yesterday that an Airbus 330 at a cruising
altitude of 33,000 feet can fly for about 160 kilometres (100 miles) without
fuel."

I don't think most people are aware that in modern airliners even losing all
engines does not by any means preclude a controlled landing ... somewhere.

Jon