How not to land a private jet
Jun 29th, 2007 by Stefan
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What’s the difference between a 15 knot headwind and a 15 knot tailwind. The difference is 30 knots groundspeed.
Sunday, May 15, 2005, Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA… The pilot of a Cessna Citation 525 mistakenly lands his jet airplane downwind, overshoots the runway and lands into the bay. Incredibly, all 4 occupants survived, but that’s not the end of the story…
Apparently, the pilot didn’t switch off the engines before he initiated the evacuation, and then… more suspense followed…
Sunday, May 15, 2005, Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA… The pilot of a Cessna Citation 525 mistakenly lands his jet airplane downwind, overshoots the runway and lands into the bay. Incredibly, all 4 occupants survived, but that’s not the end of the story…
Apparently, the pilot didn’t switch off the engines before he initiated the evacuation, and then… more suspense followed…
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