Can a passenger plane stop in mid air ??? How???

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Geoff M

Relative to the ground? Yes. If the headwind is equal to the airspeed, they cancel each other out and you would see a plane stationary in the sky. However, you'd need wind speeds of at least 200mph for most planes. Think of how they test scale plane models in wind tunnels - the wind does the moving, not the plane, yet it still "flies".

blac[k]u was inintentionally right when saying "can't never" - a double negative, again cancelling each other out!

harish555

yes.

Not truly stops, but the two counter forces becomes equql to each other and so no movement.

drshorty

No. An airplane stays in the air as a result of how fast it is traveling. If it stopped, it would fall.

zalwak2000

yes if it hits a mountain but if your talking a bout like planes do in cartoons then no

minootoo

No.

If even the engine Mal functions, and if it has an air speed above the stall speed and if the conditions are correct a good well trained pilot should be able to land the plain at near by air port or in an open field.

Stall speed is a speed below which a plain cannot stay up in the air, say the stall speed is 140 knot for fully loaded plain and all the engines fails. Then:

Plain will start falling down but the acceleration from the earth's gravity will accelerate the plain pass stall speed (faster), then this extra speed now gives the pilot a second chance to take advantage of the situation and land the plain, in an open area or even at a near by airport, by gliding the plain.

Most large plains have a system call "RAT", that provide emergency power to land the craft safely from the altitude of about 400 ft. "Rat" system get automatically gets activated at that altitude and recharches the baterry to supply needed power to the controlls so that now pilot can land the plain using this power to control the plain. "RAT" is fairly new, it is not on older plains but most new plains must have it by law. It cost so little compared to the price of even used large air craft that the owners are installing them if it is available for their air crafts, as retrofits.

All passenger plain pilots and many other air craft pilots, are given this training and must practise this at a set regular interval to keep the licence active (Re-qualification process), it is done safely on a stimulator, in real time without a single crash or injury.

Santa Claus

yes, if it hits a mountain.

delta

no it cannot stop in mid air. But I would sure like to know how and from where u got this funny idea.

door.uk

a jet airliner can if all engines fail glide for about 50 miles but only downwards

Elizabeth Dreams

Square Pants

aeroplane cant never stop in the air

Big Daddy

only if u stop the engines. NO!!!! The answer is NO!

chit

no it cannot.

suman saurav t

No....

kiwi gal

no it can not. if the plane stopped in mid air it would crash to the ground. the only plane that can stop in mid air is the harrier.

Mutya P

Yes! It happened when the private plane of my friend arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ahead of our arrival time. The control tower officer informed my pilot friend that we need to stay in mid-air for the international flight was scheduled to land first. My friend had to stop the plane for a bit seconds so as not to run out of fuel.
It was a breath taking and very risky maneuver for this was my first time to ride a plane! But I was not afraid then although I saw how stressful it was as my pilot friend did his graceful landing.
Merry Christmas!!!!!!

Nat

No. If they put on the brakes, it would start falling and spinning around. I think.

Chrys

I wouldn't, you might get shot.

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