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PhantomGremlin
on Oct 20, 2016
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Air India Taking Advantage of Tailwinds
Without any power, airliners can't really glide much.
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most of which that did were at their cruising altitude at the time of failure
One great success story was, of course, the Gimli Glider:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
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One great success story was, of course, the Gimli Glider:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider