Originally Posted by
Pugilistic Animus
Safetytypee such a mishap can occur with any airplane with retractable gear. What happened was that one of the ground support people left chocks in the wheel well causing failure of the gear to deploy on one side
When you pit this one against dozens that have crashed in fully serviceable conditions it is not that convincing. Take PK8303 an Airbus or Indian version IX812 a Boeing without pilots those guys would be alive. One Sully cannot make summer.