Originally Posted by TMAPAX
If you read what I wrote carefully, I stated that we shouldn't forget that how close this COULD have been to a more serious event.
For instance, if the landing was off centre, or even being unable to keep the a/c in a straight line by using the breaks (sic), you have a nice grass verge, followed by a very deep dock either side of the landing strip.
Oh for heaven's sake! COULD have? When the jounalists sensationalise aviation incidents we berate them for it yet here we are feeding them material. If. If. If.
It was the nosewheel. It sheered off therefore no turning, no assymetric braking/drag ergo no big splash. No bodies washing up at Southend. No cries of "Was it terrorism?". No calls from the neighbours to close down the London City deathtrap. When I last landed all sorts of horrible things could have gone wrong. But they didn't.
Let's not encourage the hand wringers.