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>> it's a very good question because we think about if the aircraft stalled for some reason or had a two engine out that these are big jet aircraft and that they would fall directly into the ocean? there's also reports of descents of up to 24,000 feet per minute. that sounds like a lot, but if do you the calculation on that that's about 265 to 275 knots, which the aircraft is perfectly capable of flying. what can happen and does typically happen is the pilot makes gallant efforts to try to recover the aircraft and regain control. i've done three accidents in which that occurred, and each one o...