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Old 12th Jan 2015, 11:52
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Of airport landings

It is not just GA than needs to consider off airport landings, no matter what the size of aircraft it can become an unviable flying machine.

It is the speed of mindset change that is important, the A320 in the Huson river and the guy who put the HS748 back on the remaining runway at Stansted ( despite being long past V1) are both prime examples of flexable thinking that undoubtedly saved the lives of all on board.

Putting an airliner into a field is a very last resort but I can't think of a light aircraft that I would rather fly into a cloud covered hill rather than land in a controled fashion in a field.
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