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Very remarkable indeed, considering the damage to the landing gear, flaps, fuel tanks, and engine controls. The airplane at the time it landed was way out into
by bdamm 9y ago
Very remarkable indeed, considering the damage to the landing gear, flaps, fuel tanks, and engine controls. The airplane at the time it landed was way out into the experimental flying zone.
When people talk of pilot-less airliners I have to think of incidents like this. Pilots do make mistakes and people die as a result, but when equipment fails and nobody dies because a pilot does what is needed to land safely despite the issue, it rarely makes news. Sometimes people on board don't even know.
- justinjlynn 9y ago> Sometimes people on board don't even know. That's the ideal general case. You really don't want hundreds of panicked people trapped in a broken tin can thousands of feet above ground while you're trying to handle the situation.
- FabHK 9y agoAt least you (as a pilot) are behind a solid locked door in that scenario. However, that brings up another question I've been wondering about: Could the pax/cabin crew of an airplane collaborate in bringing a jet down, by e.g. all together going to the very front of the plane (near the cockpit door), moving the trim up, then all running to the very end of the plane, bringing it into an uncontrollable stall? I haven't really seen a satisfactory answer to that question. See Quora and Stackexchange (where I attempted an answer): https://www.quora.com/Would-a-passenger-jet-stall-if-all-the-passengers-rushed-to-the-back-of-the-aircraft https://www.quora.com/Would-a-passenger-jet-stall-if-all-the... https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/2507/can-passenger-movement-in-an-airliner-make-it-stall/37661#37661 https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/2507/can-passen...