747-400's & 300's have 4 but they are only used for long flights. I live the farthest from Vegas while still being in the states and my airline uses Airbus 320's which have only 2. So unless you live in some international local you will be on a plane with 2 engines.
To put your mind at ease I think it is far more likely that the plane will be blown from the sky by a bomb or ground based stinger missile rather than an engine failure crash.
To put your mind at ease I think it is far more likely that the plane will be blown from the sky by a bomb or ground based stinger missile rather than an engine failure crash.
A 2-engine plane can land with one engine. They use a technique called ‘feathering’. The pilot will use full power on the remaining engine while using the rudder hard over towards the running engine. The pilot has to direct the plane by varying the thrust.
Odds are greater you will be killed on the way to the airport in your car rather than in a plane.
Odds are greater you will be killed on the way to the airport in your car rather than in a plane.
Go over to the forums on this site and ask:
http://www.airdisaster.com/
Lots of pilots in the forums answering those questions.
http://www.airdisaster.com/
Lots of pilots in the forums answering those questions.
I understand that flying is theoretically safer than most means of travel. I did my share in the military. Sitting in them machines as well as hanging bellow them. I still do not trust it. Just another one of my mental issues I have to cope with.
Thats real good Mr Tanaka. Home page reads...
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Thats real good Mr Tanaka. Home page reads...
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Its been quite a long time since 2 engine planes have been allowed to fly transpacific as well as transatlantic, 767's and 777's mostly. This change was brought about by the increase in engine reliability and the average number of operating hours without failure.
The 767 can fly with neither of the two engines operating! At the time of the changeover to metric in Canada a plane left Toronto for Winnipeg with insufficient fuel, due to a miscommunication regarding the units of fuel. As the plane ran out of fuel over the Ontario-Manitoba border the pilot was able to maintain power to critical systems since the plane is a ramjet and the airflow into the jet engines generates electricity. As he lost altitude he was unable to reach Winnipeg and landed at Gimli, hence the 767 is known to some Canadians as the Gimli glider.
So General don't worry, the plane doesn't need any engines to fly!
The 767 can fly with neither of the two engines operating! At the time of the changeover to metric in Canada a plane left Toronto for Winnipeg with insufficient fuel, due to a miscommunication regarding the units of fuel. As the plane ran out of fuel over the Ontario-Manitoba border the pilot was able to maintain power to critical systems since the plane is a ramjet and the airflow into the jet engines generates electricity. As he lost altitude he was unable to reach Winnipeg and landed at Gimli, hence the 767 is known to some Canadians as the Gimli glider.
So General don't worry, the plane doesn't need any engines to fly!
General just to torture you a bit...............I think the most likely case of dying in an airplane traffic is during the first and last 10 minutes of the flight
There was a 60 minutes/prime time investigation (not sure about which one) where they reported all sorts of "near misses" while the plane approached/left the airport, human errors such as "eh plane 601, where are you and why arent you in track 15b" or "control tower, we are not sure if we are in the right track, can you confirm"
its easy to make a mistake and end up in the way of a different plane going up/down
There was a 60 minutes/prime time investigation (not sure about which one) where they reported all sorts of "near misses" while the plane approached/left the airport, human errors such as "eh plane 601, where are you and why arent you in track 15b" or "control tower, we are not sure if we are in the right track, can you confirm"
its easy to make a mistake and end up in the way of a different plane going up/down
