Regarding the comments about no fire. I am no expert, but I surely hope the safety experts consider the positive implications of the plane landing on soft grass rather than the hard runway. There were two benefits that I can see, it arrested the planes speed very quickly and in my view avoided a major fire due to the lack of friction that would have resulted in the fuel vapourising and igniting. In these days where excess grassed areas are being sold off to line the coffers, I really think safety experts need to stipulate a minimum amount of grassed areas to give pilots the potential to land on grass. How many times have we seen the pilots do a fantastic job of getting the plane on the ground, albeit a hard landing, and then a fireball erupting which claims the lives of most of the passengers and crew.
Last edited by ChippyChop; 21st Jan 2008 at 09:05.