- what's your gripe about that ?
Nothing. Why quote out of context? Or did you stop reading at the end of the opening sentence? You may wish to read post 263 as well.
I am simply saying there is too much dramatisation of this incident in which the aircraft was never in any danger of breaking up or control being lost. Yes it is dramatic to the general public, but from a professional point of view there are far more serious incidents every day that don't produce such a wonderful photo opportunity, but where the pilots truly deserve our admiration. These incidents usually pass unnoticed outside the industry, because there are no photo opportunies, no screaming passengers, no plunging out of the sky and no primary schools to be saved from a fiery end.
The crew, clenched buttocks or otherwise, followed procedures and landed the machine. Now, a rather interesting engineering investigation will follow. Heaven knows, we may even see an NPRM followed by an AD!
Meteorites, space junk, exploding oxygen bottles, golf putters and dead horses not withstanding.
