How can modern aircraft fly on just one engine if the other one fails? Shouldn’t the torque produced by the functioning engine make the aircraft yaw?

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How can modern aircraft fly on just one engine if the other one fails? Shouldn’t the torque produced by the functioning engine make the aircraft yaw?

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The yaw can be compensated with the rudder as the plane moves forward. You couldn’t probably take off with it, but definetely keep it flying straight. This isn’t ideal, but anything that keeps the plane flying in a case of emergency is okay, I guess.

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