re: Pilot makes emergency landing on I-10 in Pensacola

it should be illegal for planes to land like that on the interstate and putting other lives at risk

that's the risk of flying and pilots should be required to put the plane where the least amount of harm could come to innocent people driving on the interstate

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This dude is either incredibly lucky, has incredible skill, or both.

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I don’t think either necessarily. When I was in flight school my instructor used to practice engine out emergencies. Picking the landing spot was the first step after trying to get the engine restarted. My instructor always insisted on a levee, which I thought was nuts because the top is so narrow. I said I’d land on the interstate. He said there were too many signs and stuff, but I said I’d deal with that the way that guy did.

And as for traffic, as long as it wasn’t too heavy I could come in fast, flare in front of some cars and land in the space created when they brake.

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She didn’t risk trying to pull up and go over the sign, which in my opinion was the correct decision.

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She put that ground effect to good use. This may not have the same outcome in a high wing cessna.

A good synopsis.

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Rather them die then make an emergency landing?

That makes sense.

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What if the pilot hit a bus full of paraplegic orphan kids, what would you say then?

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What if the plane was full of full of paraplegic orphan kids?

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Who would operate the rudder?