Originally Posted by
J.O.
The thread title should be changed. This was not a crash landing, it was a controlled response to a defective landing gear.
I disagree. A technical failure meant that the crew where completely unable to avoid impacting the runway. The fact that it was handled impeccably by the crew doesn't change that in any way.
One person was taken to hospital and many were badly shaken up. But for the professionalism of the crew and some luck with the weather people could have died. It is a dangerous precedent when stuff like this can be categorised by airlines as an operational issue!
It was a minor crash landing incident on the scale of things but a crash landing nonetheless.