Originally Posted by ExSimGuy
I recall a BA (BEA?) Viscount, or Vanguard, who came into LHR many moons ago with one side main gear inop.
He managed to hold the wing up long enough that there was minimal damage to the a/c, ended up with only part of the a/c off the runway, and the pax were deplaned to a safe distance. As the Flight Deck crew emerged from the a/c, the pax spontaneoulsly broke out with a round of applause.
Superb flying
. Of couse, in these days the company would have been inundated with "emotional damage" compensation claims
One doesn't have to go that far back to find
a similar modern incident. Nice that paragraph 2 of the synopsis has "The flight crew responded to the in-flight emergency with commendable judgement and conducted a skilful landing ..."