Originally Posted by Skol
I've always found that it pays to wait until the Court of Enquiry finishes its work before handing out the medals.
"Nice landing" medal is due even if the inquiry finds out that the problem was crew generated or aggravated. It can easily turn out to be otherwise. Patience on overall grading is fine.
Originally Posted by Hotel Tango
I really can't believe the hype about a straight forward wheels up landing. There's nothing extraordinary about it. Any commercial pilot is capable of it. It's not that unusual an event.
You might actually be correct, in some parallel universe, where widebodies make a dozen or so belly landings every day.
Originally Posted by IcePack
Mm! No spoilers even after full touch down.
No WOW detection for reasons obvious for everyone who has seen the video(s). The aeroplane stopped just fine without them.