Sentence examples for down the engines from inspiring English sources

But when the pilot tried to cut power a few seconds later, as the airplane touched down, the engines began accelerating to maximum power.

He had to shut down the engines when two passengers suddenly jumped off the wing, fearing that they would not be rescued in time, and started swimming toward the motors.

When I shut down the engines (both jet and rocket) at 1,000mph, the car will initially start to slow down at 3g (60mperper second).

The control unit managing the delivery of power to the plane's engines will automatically enter a failsafe mode – and shut down the engines – if it has been left on for over 248 days.

I ran out a lot of anchor line and picked up a couple of bearings to check in case we dragged, then shut down the engines and the world was suddenly very quiet.

He then shut down the engines and glided to the peak altitude.

Her car is broken down, the engine block cracked.

One test required him to shut down the engine in flight, falling like a rock as the engine cooled, and then restart it.

"It has to avoid being a heavy hand at the macroeconomic level, at slowing down the engine of the economy," Mr. Tharoor said.

Most notably, an ingenious "sailing" mode can shut down the engine and decouple it from the wheels, allowing the Cayenne to coast free of mechanical drag.

The Russian Space Agency said in a statement that the Proton-M booster unexpectedly shut down the engine 17 seconds into the flight and crashed more than a mile (2km) away from the Baikonur launch pad.