Originally Posted by
hepkat
Found the guy with zero multi-time.
Are you serious? What an aggressive comment, further more you seem to have opened you mouth and removed all doubt.
I agree with Bellringers comment, Uncontained fire is land immediately. Assuming he fired his suppression bottles. It’s possible the airport was the only option without endangering 3rd parties but I agree if there’s a place to set it down to do so.
Proximity to the airport can be a killer for any serious emergency. If on fire OEI and close to an airport, landing in a sports field vs a short flight to a runway is going to be very tempting.
Surely it’s a miracle anyone survived not only inflight break up but also on fire with post crash fire. I hope the ones that didn’t were unconscious.