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On a Wing and a Prayer – Air Travel Safety Oct 31

By now we have all heard of the dramatic landing of the passenger jet on the Hudson River on January 15th. The flight was immediately named “Miracle on The Hudson.” It was by all accounts a miracle that all 155 passengers and crew survived a crash landing on of all places a river. Landing a jetliner in a crash landing scenario is always dangerous, but by choosing to land it on the water you have just ratcheted up the emergency by a few notches. The reason is because it almost certainly means the…