Definition

The run down of a jet engine for reasons other than intentionally shutting off the fuel supply.

Description

Engines can flame out for a variety of reasons:

• Fuel starvation or exhaustion
• Compressor Stall
• Ingestion of foreign objects such as volcanic ash, hail, ice,birds or an exceptionally large quantity of liquid water
• Mechanical Failure
• Lightning Strike

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