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Old 12-29-2008 | 11:43 AM
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If you lost all engine(s), it would be the max glide distance which would still result in a water landing. So it depends on geography...

If you are over the open ocean, it would be the airplane's max glide distance.

If you are near enough to make it to dry land, it would be the distance to land.
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