Max, i'm really interested in your comments. I saw a traffic cop interviewed on TV - he related how he had to do what you just described on the doorstep on Christmas Eve. He said it obviously has marked and ruined all that family's Christmases to come, and come to think of it, it didn't do much for his own Christmases either.
But I agree with Michael. RTAs are very low profile for the media, whereas a forced landing in a field where everyone walks away gets the tv cameras there pronto!
