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  2. Kill switch - Wikipedia

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    An emergency switch in Japan. On railways, [1] an emergency stop is a full application of the brakes in order to bring a train to a stop as quickly as possible. [2] This occurs either by a manual emergency stop activation, such as a button being pushed on the train to start the emergency stop, or on some trains automatically, when the train has passed a red signal or the driver has failed to ...

  3. List of airline flights that required gliding - Wikipedia

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    After 10 minutes of gliding, four engines restarted, but one failed again and was shut down. Flight landed safely in Jakarta. 0: 263 5 May 1983 Eastern Air Lines Flight 855: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida: Crew shut down of engine due to low oil pressure; remaining two engines failed due to loss of oil.

  4. Start-stop system - Wikipedia

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    A start-stop system off button on a Perodua Myvi. A vehicle start-stop system or stop-start system (also known as S&S, micro hybrid, or micro hybrid electric vehicle (μHEV)) [1] automatically shuts down and restarts the internal combustion engine to reduce the amount of time the engine spends idling, thereby reducing fuel consumption and emissions.

  5. Passengers sue Alaska Airlines over off-duty pilot's engine ...

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    Passengers who were on last week's flight in which an off-duty pilot allegedly activated the plane's emergency engine shutdown system are suing the airline.

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  7. Off-duty pilot accused of attempting to shut off plane ... - AOL

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    Joseph Emerson, the Alaska Airlines pilot who allegedly attempted to shut off the engines of a passenger plane mid-flight in October, was indicted on 84 counts in an Oregon court Tuesday.

  8. Turbine engine failure - Wikipedia

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    Following an engine shutdown, a precautionary landing is usually performed with airport fire and rescue equipment positioned near the runway. The prompt landing is a precaution against the risk that another engine will fail later in the flight or that the engine failure that has already occurred may have caused or been caused by other as-yet unknown damage or malfunction of aircraft systems ...

  9. Shutdown valve - Wikipedia

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    A shutdown valve (also referred to as SDV or emergency shutdown valve, ESV, ESD, or ESDV; or safety shutoff valve) is an actuated valve designed to stop the flow of a hazardous fluid upon the detection of a dangerous event. This provides protection against possible harm to people, equipment or the environment.