Eli5: Why can’t jetliners go backwards under their own power?

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Eli5: Why can’t jetliners go backwards under their own power?

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Answer 1

they can. here’s a (https://youtu.be/-Zkxh903s_w) of an md-80 backing itself out of a gate without “completely destroying the airport terminal” or “spraying the (all glass) terminal wall”