probably most famous is the miracle on the hudson where the airbus ingested lots of geese into the engines, so both engines went out, and captain sullivan landed it on the hudson river safely. there was a question from noah zaves. landed at sfo. i still don't believe that airplanes can...
On January 17, 2008, British Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777 crashed while attempting to land at London Heathrow Airport, England. The plane came down too early and passed just a few hundred feet over the houses before the runway. The plane crash landed and skidded, eventually stopping just...
Many Soviet SBs crashed or force-landed on Finnish soil during the Winter War, with the Finns salvaging as many aircraft as possible, with those in the best condition being sent to Valtion lentokonetehdas for possible repair for use by the Finnish air force. By the time the Continuation War...
Many survivors of US Airways flight 1549 suffered from hypothermia after the passenger jet crash-landed in the Hudson River. What would have happened to them if rescue teams had taken longer to arrive?
Chesley knew that he wouldn’t be able to get the plane to land at the nearestairport in New York, so he decided to make an emergency landing. He landedthe plane in the Hudson River, even thought there wasn’t any “thrust” (power tomove forward) in the engines. How did he do th...