Reverserunlocked, a week or two ago, in Australia, I saw a program on Foxtel in which a 727 was crash landed in the desert over in Mexico by remote control after the pilot bailed out at about two thousand feet.
The remote control was done in a chase plane close to.
They landed a little bit short of a graded strip at just TWO THOUSAND feet a minute ROD. Take your eye away for a second and you can get that.
the 72 is a pretty beefy aeroplane and it landed up in a nasty mess, so I have to disagree with your opinion that modern aircraft are pretty resiliant. I reckon eggs are more resiliant.