Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet
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Is It Thrust Efficiency?
If you were to graft out the power ired at that altitude for the plane to maintain a certain speed, there's a sweet spot. If they go any slower, it requires more thrust from their engines. There's like this equilibrium f like they're getting enough wind to go through, ye, right? Give it enough lift and and throwtya. It makes sense. Itsit can be difficult to wrap your head around. But it's like, this is,. this is the most efficient speed if you want to go faster, yeating more power. If you want to going slower, you need more power.
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