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"Indeed, while landing a large plane on a highway might seem easier than, say, landing one in the Hudson River, history suggests that's not necessarily so."
-The more you know…. THE LESS YOU WANT TO KNOW.
An actual cockpit recording contains the phrase "bend down and grab your ankles"?!? Thus reenforcing the fact that this is a phrase one never ever wants to hear.
Unless it's a romantic Saturday night in your friendly neighborhood dungeon, of course.
Then there is this short film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfDGORNIQQU
Landing a plane in the Hudson River is easier than sitting through an entire episode of Cougar Town.
How many times has anyone tried to land a big plane in the Hudson? This could be sample error.
"Indeed, I was rather grimly struck, looking through the FAA database, that aviation-related fatalities on highways mostly seemed to involve skydivers."
WHAAAAAAAAAAA?!?!