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Spank86 t1_ja8zl5m wrote

Reply to comment by ace5762 in Eli5: why are some airplane jet engines under the wings and some on the vertical stabilizer? by Sad-Carrot-4397

Exactly. The aircraft could continue with just the tail engine. In a 2 engine aircraft however you've run out of engines, unless you want to try to crab your way to landing (hence staying close to an airport)

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decisionisgoaround t1_jabt9yk wrote

What?

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Spank86 t1_jabtd84 wrote

Which bit?

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decisionisgoaround t1_jabtv50 wrote

All of it. If you lost one engine, you would never unnecessarily shut down another. And if you lose one engine on a twin, it absolutely will continue on the remaining engine.

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