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Elias nodded, sweating. “Hold fuel at FL370: 2,400 kg/hr. At 5,000 feet: 3,200 kg/hr. For thirty minutes, that’s 1,600 kg. We have 5,200 kg total remaining. That leaves 3,600 kg for the divert to Vagar. Distance: 280 nautical miles. At our planned speed, that’s 1,800 kg. We have exactly double the required. Safe.”

The answer: Not engine failure. Not structural failure. Pilot error—specifically, failing to recognize that the stall speed increases with ice accretion, leading to an aerodynamic stall on final approach. atpl questions review

“That was the hardest review session I’ve ever had,” he whispered. Elias nodded, sweating