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It would hit the ocean at a violent rate. >> thats the problem. you have a good decent, but you can see how either one of the engine cowlings or a wing could snap, and then tumbles. but if its not a wild, high dive from high altitude, its more like a roll into the ocean. >> think back to the hudson river landing. very controlled decent, and he landed the airplane intact. it can be done. >> assuming, of course, theres someone flying. if not, its still going to crash in a way its a going to end up...

So terrifying for the passengers. what are you hearing? >> terrifying at one level because of the noise, but at the same time, quite normal in the sense that the plane didnt jolt, or didnt dive or anything like that. modern aircraft are designed to fly on one engine. from what i hear, of course, is this -- by the time the pilot had stabilized the aircraft, brought it round, to come back in to land, passengers probably wouldnt have noticed that much difference. except they will have seen the smok...