Originally Posted by
RetiredBA/BY
Not your place to do so. This was an accident concerning two US built aircraft, operated by an arm of the US military operating in US airspace. They don't need your advice in how to conduct their affairs. The successful conclusion of what could have been a multiple fatality accident suggests to me they know what they are doing .
Non standard RT in this situation ? Give them a break , they achieved a perfect result.
Errm... this wasn't "perfect". An aircraft with eight people on board and no inflight emergency egress was damaged to the point where return to an airfield was apparently impossible. Fortunately (by luck) there was some soft level ground in the area.