Surviving An Engine Failure At Night
Posted by Jeffrey on 3rd August 2009
With the summer coming to a close and with the days getting shorter it is time to start thinking about what you are going to do if an engine fails while on a night flight, especially if you are in single-engine airplane.
I was reminded of this recently when I was flying from San Francisco (KSFO) to Victoria, B.C., Canada (CYYJ). It was the first night flight I’d flown in awhile and as I was looking out my window watching the sun set when I happened to glance down and notice that the terrain was quite inhospitable and it was getting dark and I wondered to myself, what would I do if we lost one of the engines.
Tags: Airplane, Emergency Landing, Engine Failure, Flight Emergencies, Night Flying
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