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Old 01-10-2020, 02:13 PM   #222
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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium View Post
All I'm pointing out is that the plane will initially turn in the direction where there is the most drag. That's just physics. Assuming catastrophic engine failure, the plane will initially turn in the direction of that failed engine. What the pilot does after that to correct, I do not know. If I remember my third year aerodynamics course, an engine loss below a critical speed (which changes according to altitude, temperature, and ice) is a terminal failure, especially if the pilot attempts to turn and the aircraft stalls in the turn.

There are two other airports he could have turned to. Maybe he was trying that?
But there's nothing pointing that the pilot (or autopilot) made nothing more than a standard procedural departure turn.

This also doesn't reflect that the plane was damaged and drag or anything caused a turn. It's likely that the damage to the plane occurred at the time of the ADS-B going black.

Is there some more info about a turn that I'm missing?
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