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> I rather doubt there are any examples of an off airport landing of a 737 without significant damage to the aircraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Fligh

• throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  Looks like they had about 5000ft to work with. Not great, but not bad either. https://www.google.com/maps/place/30%C2%B001'52.7%22N+89%C2%B052'47.2%22W/@30.0367583,-89.9149426,12149m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m6!3m5!1s0x889e047b4357698d:0x79a028ce18b61608!2sNASA+Michoud+Assembly+Facility!8m2!3d30.0267712!4d-89.9168139!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d30.0313106!4d-89.8797685?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/place/30%C2%B001'52.7%22N+89%C2%...
• 0xffff2 6y ago
  Well, I stand corrected. That's both surprising and an incredible feat of airmanship by the pilots! Since I love reading about these kinds of incidents and the best way to solve a problem is to claim it's impossible, I amend my claim to "I rather doubt there are two examples of an off airport landing of a 737 without significant damage to the aircraft." :)
  • elliottkember 6y ago
    The famous Gimli Glider wasn't badly damaged either, although it was a 767!