Carlos, the wing design that people have been complaining about all these years, the issue of low cruise speeds might have helped in this incidence. Remember, Airbus designed these birds to have a great range. I bet that paid off in Azores. BAHA -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of UPSplane@aol.com Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:20 PM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: On a wing and a prayer.... I saw the NBC TV special on Tuesday night about the Air Transat A330 that lost power to both engines over the Atlantic from YYZ-LIS... Just curious folks, but what are the chances of a 747 or say a DC10/MD11 being able to glide like that for over a half hour without engine power and land the way the A330 did?? These seem a lot bulkier in the aerodynamics dept than the A330 or even the Gimli Glider AC 767 from a few year back. Carlos Borda Carlos' Airliner Images! http://members.aol.com/upsplane/homepage.html http://airliners.net/search/photo.search?emailsearch=upsplane@aol.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>