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apt-apt-apt-apt ◴[] No.44538287[source]
Even if the plane had no power, why couldn't they have glided it down safely?
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1. russfink ◴[] No.44538421[source]
I’ll take this as an honest question. The simple answer: too much mass, no clear landing path, not enough speed or altitude to turn to find one and glide to it. In short, not enough time. Once the engines cut, that thing probably dropped like a brick.