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Re:Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing by usefulcat on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:30PM (#19037154)
How would that work exactly? Surely the engines will be among the first things to be destroyed on 'landing' if the gear aren't down.
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Re:Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing by rpeden on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:35PM (#19037222)
It depends on where the engines are mounted. There was a Tu-154 that landed gear-up in Greece, then took off again, dropped the landing gear, and landed normally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9v_Flight_262

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Re:Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing by jagger27 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:36PM (#19037234)
There are plenty of examples of non-catastrophic belly landings. I'm no pilot or aircraft engineer, so I don't know for sure if you'd want reverse thrust in such a situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_landing
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