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Old 26th Mar 2014, 16:05
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Please give one example of a wide body attempting to land and breaking up!
Please give an example of a wide body landing in 15' swells and NOT breaking up.

EA 401 landed in the Glades at a gentle descent rate in smooth surface and most were killed. The 'Miracle on the Hudson' was 99% about still surface conditions and landing at a controlled rate. IF MH 370 flamed at fuel exhaustion, as seems most likely, it hit either barely controlled (pilots still alive, which then begs why were they there) or uncontrolled after the A/P tripped off following loss of AC power.
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