LeeE wrote: > Looks like they were very lucky with that one. > > Coming down so short of the runway fits with reports that the pilot > had lost all power only a short time before touch-down and if so he > did well to get that far. Some reports almost seem to suggest that > the undercarriage failed but that would be inevitable if it landed > on soft ground with a high rate of descent. > > If it had come down only a few tens of yards earlier it would have > been a disaster.
Certainly putting it on the airfield makes the emergency services job a lot easier too - it appears he did a fantastic job. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
