...'t caused by (or cause) some other catastrophic event which affects the aircraft's ability to fly, they are of little consequence. It's incidents such as Sioux City, where the fan disc exploded and damaged all the hydraulic systems that cause problems. Collisions at the speeds aircraft travel would not be survivable in a car ...

... amount of fatalities. They don't just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground. I can think of exactly one. I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others.. Mike P that makes two Gimli Glider - damn they were luck - compared to your example Indeed, but in the circs, I would have rather ...

... the amount of fatalities. They don't just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground. I can think of exactly one. I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others.. That wasn't a glide, the plane was under power the whole way down. Dammit, that't the only thing they had to control it. Well, ...

...difference to the amount of fatalities. They don't just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground. I can think of exactly one. I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others.. That wasn't a glide, the plane was under power the whole way down. Dammit, that't the only thing they had to control it.

... amount of fatalities. They don't just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground. I can think of exactly one. I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others.. Mike P that makes two Gimli Glider - damn they were luck - compared to your example I don't understand why they give us flotation vests, I'd ...

... having a parachute would have made much, if any difference to the amount of fatalities. They don't just glide down from 35,000ft and hit the water or ground. I can think of exactly one. I can think of the Sioux City crash, but no others.. Mike P

... serves me, the DC-10 has only triplicated hydraulics, whereas the 747 and Lockheed Tristar had quadruple hydraulics. Qaudruple hydraulics might have saved lives at Sioux City. I seem to remember there was an uncontained rear engine failure on a Tristar that breached three out of the four hydraulic systems. I...

... serves me, the DC-10 has only triplicated hydraulics, whereas the 747 and Lockheed Tristar had quadruple hydraulics. Qaudruple hydraulics might have saved lives at Sioux City. I seem to remember there was an uncontained rear engine failure on a Tristar that breached three out of the four hydraulic systems. I think ...

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