Failure of an airplane's single engine shortly after takeoff is an event all pilots dread. When it happens, we're low and slow. We lack the potential energy of speed and altitude, have little time to respond and few options. When such a failure happens, it's natural-in some ways-for a pilot to want to be back on the runway he or she just used. It's right there-behind us-and seemingly offers several solutions to our problems.
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