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How would that work exactly? Surely the engines will be among the first things to be destroyed on 'landing' if the gear aren't down.


It depends on where the engines are mounted. There was a Tu-154 that landed gear-up in Greece, then took off again, dropped the landing gear, and landed normally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9v_Flight_262


There are plenty of examples of non-catastrophic belly landings. I'm no pilot or aircraft engineer, so I don't know for sure if you'd want reverse thrust in such a situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_landing




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