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engine failure

n. engine does not run

Usage examples of "engine failure".

And we solved the problems, so much so that the Saturn V has never suffered a single significant engine failure.

Even after total engine failure, the aircraft was still under control.

They would have resorted to the rudder only in the event of engine failure on takeoff or when landing in a strong crosswind.

This followed his admission under cross-examination that he'd been under great pressure to make good lost time due to an engine failure in the Bay of Biscay, an implication which the company's counsel had flatly denied.

In the war, I always used to look for two things when I had the wind up or engine failure.

The engine control sequence for launch and ascent was controlled by computer, but she was obliged to be ready for any maoknction right up to complete engine failure.

Cooker and Faker were a little better off, with near-total engine failure but at least retaining hull integrity and a small degree of firepower capability.