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Re:Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing by rpeden on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:39PM (#19037265)
Sometimes you'd like to have reverse thrust in-flight if you want to descend really, really quickly. Airliners don't have that feature anymore, but the C-17 and C-5 do.

Actually, maybe some ex-Soviet airliners can still do it. DC-8s being used by cargo airlines could possibly still technically do it, but don't use the ability.

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Re:Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing by mrguyorama on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:58PM (#19037456)
Specifically, it wasn't a design goal of reverse thrust, and it's operation mid-flight was directly responsible for over 200 innocent lives lost[0]. Thrust reversers are very much a "nice to have" feature on turbofan aircraft, with every one qualified to both land and initiate a rejected takeoff at maximum weight without using them, though not without some maintenance after.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauda_Air_Flight_004

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