Airline Ground Effect Thrust 
Fear of Landing
JANUARY 17, 2025
On the 29th of December 2024, a Boeing 737-800 operated by a low-cost South Korean airline crashed after an emergency landing and overshooting the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea. The 737 does not use Weight on Wheels (WoW) to enable the thrust reversers.
Fear of Landing
MAY 3, 2024
They already have orders for up to 1,000 aircraft, with customers including American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and AirAsia. Once stable in ground effect, the pilot shut down EPU1 (left-side outboard) to simulate the performance in the case of an engine failure. This caused a loss of thrust from motors 4 and 7.
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