Originally Posted by
PENKO
Or were the crew and their passengers just very fortunate they flamed out near a huge empty grass levee?
Think about how some pilots fail to land safely on a runway that is well lit and that they planned to land at in advance.
From wikipedia:
Dárdano agreed and, using sideslip to reduce speed while dropping the altitude necessary to reach the narrow grass levee, successfully carried out an emergency landing of the crippled plane.