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Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by lisper on Thursday April 09, 2015 @09:50AM (#9347459)
Sorry, I was being a little fast and loose with my terminology. If you really lose all power in a jet you're simply screwed. But that never ever happens, unless you have the kind of catastrophic failure that makes power loss the least of your worries. Losing all power means losing all engine power. You still have many layers of backups that keep the flight control surfaces and avionics working even if all the engines quit.
Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by mikeash on Thursday April 09, 2015 @10:34AM (#9347788)
Nothing fast and loose about it. "Lose all power" is a perfectly normal way to mean all of your engines quit. "Power" in an airplane refers to propulsion by default.

And just to be clear, if you somehow lose all electrical power on a modern airliner you are completely screwed no matter what or who is flying it, because the controls won't work anymore. The pilot, whatever its nature, immediately becomes a passenger.

Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by kjs3 on Thursday April 09, 2015 @07:23PM (#9351679)
Not a pilot, don't know anything about flying. Got it.