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2015-07-03 Southeast Asia

Indonesia Plane Crash Caused by Engine Failure, Air Force Chief Says

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Posted by Fred 2015-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The same as the Taiwan air crash. Pilot lost one engine and turned off the wrong engine, resulting in two lost engines. In Taiwan this left them with zero engines, but here they've got two remaining so they should have been OK. Guess is that pilot dumb enough to turn off the wrong engine probably doesn't know how to trim the aircraft for flight with two engines out.

Posted by Thraling Hupoluns2819 2015-07-03 02:08|| 2015-07-03 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Flying with two engines out is often possible, though it would be easier if they were on opposite side (were they?)
Losing two on take-off of a loaded aircraft makes for a much harder task.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-07-03 08:27|| 2015-07-03 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 If both dead engines were on the same side of the A/C, the lift and yaw issues, esp. at high power settings and low airspeed, could result in control problems as serious as a "rollover."

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-07-03 11:02|| 2015-07-03 11:02|| Front Page Top

#4 And if you had a pitch control problem and a locked prop transmission, the result would have been engine failure and possibly enough asymmetric power to cause a stall.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2015-07-03 12:21|| 2015-07-03 12:21|| Front Page Top

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