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To: TideGlider who wrote (775527)3/18/2014 11:02:20 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell2 Recommendations

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Apparently when a large plane runs out of fuel, it does not fall from the sky. Rather, it has a built-in emergency capability called a RAT (Ram Air Turbine) which turns the plane into a giant glider. So what we might have had was a plane "tide gliding" before sinking intact into the sea.

Reference (of a pretty amazing emergency landing of a jet with no engines working): hawaii.hawaii.edu

- Jeff
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