So, I tried reading the wikipedia article covering the subject, but nothing made sense; so if y’all could explain the critical attack and things like that as well, it would be great!!
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While it is possible for the aircraft’s engine to stall (meaning it no longer provides power to the propellers, in the same way a car will stall, I’ll probably need to ask my own ELI5 to find out how that works), this specific problem is when airflow over the wings does not produce sufficient lift to keep the plane airborne. There’s a few ways I can think of for this to happen: the plane’s just slowed down enough, either through trying to gain altitude or for coming in for a landing, or the wind around the airplane lowers the flow over the wings – a plane with a tail wind has less flow going from front to back. If the plane has enough altitude, it’s not *extremely* dangerous, so long as the plane is front heavy / aerodynamically shaped to point forward, because as it falls to the ground, it will gain speed and eventually the wings will produce lift – being low enough that that *eventually* is too late is the problem
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