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[–] juicy@lemmy.today 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The more important difference is that the plane cannot pull over in the event of an engine or steering malfunction. Everything needs to continue working for the aircraft to continue its defiance of gravity.

[–] Vortieum@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

Not necessarily true. Quite a bit can fail (including engine and steering systems) on a modern aircraft and it will still safely defy gravity.