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Old 9th Feb 2011, 18:34
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No, this appears to me to be more of case of more ar$e than class. A well-executed forced landing would have seen the aircraft avoid powerlines and end up, upright... not upside down and shredded into 100 pieces scattered along the street.
I'm amazed they walked away. Most upside-down light aircraft end up with headless pilot and pax.
Why don't you take a look at a Google Map satellite view of the area? Avoiding powerlines in that sprawl around BK would be next to impossible. Same goes for avoiding houses, full stop - there's not a lot of anywhere to land. I'd say the fact that they walked away at all is a good result, upside-down aircraft notwithstanding.
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