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Re:Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing by jsjohnst on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @08:21PM (#19041381)
> but it isn't an instant catastrophic failure either.

Read the accident report and follow up on Lauda Air Flight 004. Boeing specifically was forced to issue a statement that it was virtually impossible to overcome a catastrophic failure outcome from a thrust reverser deploying at cruising speed.

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Re:Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing by salawat on Sunday February 10, 2019 @12:27PM (#19128764)
I stand corrected. Way to go Boeing. Seems like that should have come up in a design meeting at some point.
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