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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 7:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Braniff
Statistically, that would make it dangerous to fly one now.
And I just flipped a heads, so tails is much more likely to come up next....


Pardon my ignorance, but with a 3 or 4 engine plane, how many engines does the plane need to remain in flight? N-1? or fewer? It's been a while since I did Stats, but I'm pretty sure a 4 engine plane is more likely to lose 1 engine than a 2 engine plane, no?
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