Examples of use of engine shutdown
1. The problem could endanger crew by signalling an engine shutdown.
2. The engine shutdown would occur if two of the four sensors register an empty tank.
3. Two of the four sensors would have to register a dry tank before the emergency engine shutdown would occur.
4. In one case with chilling echoes of last week‘s incident, a Boeing 777 suffered an "uncommanded engine shutdown" while flying from Paris to Brazil.
5. An engine shutdown at the wrong time could prove catastrophic, forcing the astronauts to attempt a risky emergency landing overseas, or leading to a ruptured engine.