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> Unless "of a commercial aircraft" is implied. No - "large airliners" is specifically spelled out. Unless this private pilot was in a 737 or whatever, the sta
by outworlder 4y ago
> Unless "of a commercial aircraft" is implied.
No - "large airliners" is specifically spelled out. Unless this private pilot was in a 737 or whatever, the statement is still true.
Since you are talking about KPAO, it was definitely a small aircraft.
GA aircraft land on highways often. The only reason that doesn't happen more frequently is that pilots are generally concerned about causing ground casualties. Usually what would prompt this would be an engine failure. A silent aircraft trying to land among high speed traffic makes for a dangerous scenario.
- AlbertCory 4y agoThe title is click bait. It doesn't say that. Is it an oversight? Well, I once used a title that was different from the title of the URL, and it got Flagged. Dang upheld the flagging. Now I know better.
- InitialLastName 4y agoThe title on HN is entirely different to the title on TFA: "Highway to Ruin: The crash of Southern Airways flight 242" In the interest of assuming good faith (as the guidelines suggest) we should assume the ambiguity is an oversight.