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		melenaboija 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Preliminary report into Air India crash released Is cutting off fuel while taking off a better solution than letting them burn?

cjbprime 6 months ago | [–]

Sometimes? If you have enough altitude to trade for speed then after the cutoff you could glide to a hypothetical miraculously-placed runway right in front of you, vs. having fire quickly consume the entire plane if you don't cutoff..

labcomputer 6 months ago | [–]

It is if you don’t want the wing spar to fail!

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