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		0xFFFE on Jan 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Lan... Seems like reasonable choice on the Boeing's part, the objective of the reverse thrust is to provide additional braking to the aircraft, if shutting down the engine has similar effect (albeit to a lesser extent), why not? Better than getting stuck in a dangerous situation if the reverse thrust was deployed prematurely.

booi on Jan 30, 2019 [–]

You're joking right? The engine is required for nearly everything else including but not limited to applying thrust to abort the landing.

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