Originally Posted by
thecontroller
did anyone see the Horizon air crash TV prog last night. they showed footage of a plane landing with one engine out, (the pilot announced "this is going to be a hard landing") it basically crashed into a ball of flames. was that just down to pilot error? or are some airliners harder to land with engine failures than others?
It sounds like you might be referring to the Sioux City accident. If so, there was a
lot more wrong that just an engine failure (viz., no hydraulics, no flight controls: deep deep deep trouble). They only managed to "steer" using differential engine thrust. It is amazing that the crew got anywhere near an airport, let alone live to tell the tale.