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747 with single-engine failure safely returns to Dulles
Fox news Alert ^ | 25 May 07 | dcbryan1

Posted on 05/25/2007 10:49:58 AM PDT by DCBryan1

Fox news Alert:

Emergency vehicles on tarmac waiting for 747 with an engine out at Dulles Int'l airport. Developing...

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TOPICS: US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 747; ayecarumba; dulles; iad; josegotsuckedin; jumbojet; mexicaninengine; yawn
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Nothing would ever reach the ground. Jet fuel is highly refined kerosene. It would evaporate long before it got down to ground level.
61 posted on 05/25/2007 11:06:08 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: CholeraJoe
Is that a B-52 going out or a B-52 coming back?

Big weight difference.

62 posted on 05/25/2007 11:06:25 AM PDT by magslinger (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

“When I was in the Air force I thought an aircraft losing an engine in flight was routine. At least most of the ones I flew on had it happen.”

Makes sense, it would be interesting if I could find out if the media made a dramatic mention of the story.

I remember thinking that if we lost a second engine that it would qualify as an adventure, ( I like collecting adventures).


63 posted on 05/25/2007 11:06:46 AM PDT by ansel12 ((America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.))
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To: ansel12
I never knew if losing one engine was a big deal or not.

If it's the only one you got, it's a BIG deal!...........

64 posted on 05/25/2007 11:07:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
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To: Fstrt5
Can’t a 747 fly with mutiple engine failure? Just wondering.

I think Boeing intended for it to be able to marginally fly on two. It should be fine with three still going.
65 posted on 05/25/2007 11:08:08 AM PDT by JamesP81 (Isaiah 10:1 - "Woe to those who enact evil statutes")
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To: patton

Yeah, well, try telling that to Knute Rockne.


66 posted on 05/25/2007 11:10:18 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: P-Marlowe

This is not entirely true. In the jet I fly we use about 60% N1 during landing on both engines. A triple engine failure in a 747 would be an extraordinary emergency.

Can you forward the engineering Physics and wind tunnel data that you used to determine other wise?


67 posted on 05/25/2007 11:10:21 AM PDT by airplaneguy
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To: DCBryan1

DC10’s have 3 engines I think. One up on the tail.


68 posted on 05/25/2007 11:11:19 AM PDT by b4its2late (Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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To: MindBender26

Good on BA! Free drinks would be nice. After my 1 engine flt UA only told us they made hotel reservations for us at a hotel a half hour away from the airport. After taking a cab there it turned out there was no reservation and no room. Customer service matters.


69 posted on 05/25/2007 11:12:02 AM PDT by posterchild (How did trees absorb CO2 before carbon funds started collecting money to manage the process?)
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To: JamesP81
I think Boeing intended for it to be able to marginally fly on two. It should be fine with three still going.

I believe that is why the 747 is used trans-Pacific, there are not many places to land. It should do fine with one or even two out.

70 posted on 05/25/2007 11:13:30 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("We have met the enemy and he is us." -Pogo)
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To: CholeraJoe
A B-52 can fly sluggishly with 4 engines out. It has 8

Remember the B-36, which actually had 10 engines- - 6 pusher recips and 4 jets ("6 turning and 4 burning")?

71 posted on 05/25/2007 11:15:14 AM PDT by 19th LA Inf
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To: TMSuchman
I can't begin to tell you how many in-flight emrgencies my ambulances responded to in the USAF. Seemed like 3 per week.

"B-1B heavy, tail number 0768 reports hydraulic failure. Declaring emergency, 4 souls on board. 14,000 lbs fuel. No category 1 assets. Landing runway 090. Foxtrot will handle commentary. Ambulance 6 contact Chief 1 on Fire/Safety channel for instructions."

72 posted on 05/25/2007 11:15:51 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Tagline removed due to death threats)
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To: Red Badger

“If it’s the only one you got, it’s a BIG deal!...........”

LOL, I’m so indifferent to aircraft that I probably didn’t even know how many engines it had until we lost one and the subject came up.


73 posted on 05/25/2007 11:16:23 AM PDT by ansel12 ((America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.))
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To: DCBryan1

The 747’s the big one with the humpback and 4 engines. Don’t see as many of them anymore except on international on(usually Asia or Australia) flights.


74 posted on 05/25/2007 11:16:59 AM PDT by RockinRight (Fred Thompson in 2008: It can be morning in America, again.)
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To: magslinger

Coming back. Buffs can’t even take off at full fuel load. They have to hit a tanker after becoming airborne.


75 posted on 05/25/2007 11:17:45 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Tagline removed due to death threats)
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To: Crazieman
1 engine out on a 747 is hardly a cause for prayers.

I beg to differ.  I say a prayer whenever I take off with all engines running.  I trust the Bernoulli principle to function as advertised, but I can't help thinking about the fact that these things are built and now mostly maintained by the lowest bidder. 

76 posted on 05/25/2007 11:18:02 AM PDT by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: DCBryan1

That’s why they’ve got multiple engines on those things. Shouldn’t be a problem.


77 posted on 05/25/2007 11:18:20 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
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To: patton

A Boeing 747 is designed to glide if all 4 engines fail. If this happens at 38,000 feet the plane will glide for 120 miles - losing altitude all the time - before landing (or crashing!).
Source(s): www.boeing.com


78 posted on 05/25/2007 11:19:00 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: 19th LA Inf

When I was a baby, I was awakened at 4:30 every morning to the B-36s warming up at Ellsworth AFB, SD. My father swears that’s why I’m an early riser.


79 posted on 05/25/2007 11:20:14 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Tagline removed due to death threats)
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To: trimom
There's an old joke about two [whomever] on an airliner. Half way across the ocean, a stew comes on the intercom and says "There's no need for alarm, but one of the four engines on the craft has quit. It will just add two hours to our arrival time." The two guys start complaining between themselves about the inconvenience.

A short while later, another engine goes out, adding four hours to the trip.

Then the third goes out adding 10 hours.

One guy turns to the other and says "I hope the fourth engine doesn't quit, or we're never going to come down."

80 posted on 05/25/2007 11:20:14 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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