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Comment by melenaboija

1 day ago

Is cutting off fuel while taking off a better solution than letting them burn?

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melenaboija

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cjbprime  1 day 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  1 day ago

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

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