Can reverse thrust work to prevent a plane crash?

say if there's engine problem, out of fuel, plane going out of control, etc.

if there's a powerful reverse thrust or a nuclear boom in the opposite direction to stunt the drop, can it slow down the plane enough to cause less damage and prevent a total loss crash?Can reverse thrust work to prevent a plane crash?Yes if a plane is about to hit the ground but then suddenly a nuclear bomb goes off right in front of them. all the passengers and the plane will be perfectly fine...









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No say you put engines facing the opposite direction it would do absolutly nothing.

1. Most plane engines only work when you are moving (in the correct direction). otherwise no air gets into the turbines so no reverse thrust.

2. A plane weighs A LOT, its weight is unimaginable, have you seen how long it takes for a passenger plane to take off? Imagine how long it would take to take off when it was travelling at 1000km/h in the opposite direction AND in the opposite direction to gravity.Can reverse thrust work to prevent a plane crash?
No, reverse thrust would not be useful to prevent or lessen the effects of a crash. Many aircraft either do not have reverse thrust or cannot use it in the air, anyway.



The best way to prevent serious consequences in an accident is to keep the airplane under positive control until it touches down, and make sure it lands in an area that is as smooth and flat as possible, so that it doesn't hit anything while landing.Can reverse thrust work to prevent a plane crash?All Reversers do not operate on flight because one of the logic to activate reversers are the ground or to explain it a ground proximity switch connected in the oleo strut of the landing gear will be compressed as soon as it touches the ground the switch would then be near with its target and it will allow the deployment of the reversers.

If reversers operate in flight there is something wrong with the reversers itself. That is why some like Boeing have a secondary lock to prevent inadvertent deployment in flight. The A340 has even added a 3rd lock to prevent this from happening.Can reverse thrust work to prevent a plane crash?
No. Reverse thrust is only used to help slow an aircraft down after landing, to help the brakes. Using it in flight would almost certainly cause, not prevent, a crash.Can reverse thrust work to prevent a plane crash?the trust reversers only work if the engines are producing thrust,ie running ,so they would be usless if the plane wasn out of fuel. also most jet wont let u deploy the thrust reversers in flight .Can reverse thrust work to prevent a plane crash?
No. It wouldn't work. It would make matters worse.