Workers inspect a Sichuan Airlines aircraft that made a ‘miracle landing’ thanks to its two pilots this week after a windscreen on the cockpit broke off. Photo: Reuters
Five miracles airline pilots pulled off that saved lives of hundreds of passengers and crew
From Captain Chesley Sullenberger’s death-defying landing on New York’s Hudson River to the quick thinking of a China Eastern pilot to avoid a deadly runway collision, here are some of commercial aviation’s narrowest escapes
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Aviation
Published: 6:00pm, 16 May, 2018
Updated: 7:02pm, 17 May, 2018
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Workers inspect a Sichuan Airlines aircraft that made a ‘miracle landing’ thanks to its two pilots this week after a windscreen on the cockpit broke off. Photo: Reuters
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