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		the__alchemist 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Preliminary report into Air India crash released Yes, and it restarts the engines, but it takes on the order of seconds; too long at that altitude. One of the pilots did that, but it was too late.

TylerE 8 months ago [–]

More like 30 seconds. Just throttling an already running engine up from idle (which is quite a bit above zero throttle in most respects) takes seconds.

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