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**MannoFr** · 01-16-2009, 04:40 PM

Water landing is had to keep the plane in one piece since as soon as the engines hit the water it can rip the wings off and plunge the plane into the water due to the massive amounts of drag.

All I can say is full respect for the pilot!

01-16-2009, 04:40 PM	#14
MannoFr Join Date Mar 2007 Posts 4,451 Senior Member	Water landing is had to keep the plane in one piece since as soon as the engines hit the water it can rip the wings off and plunge the plane into the water due to the massive amounts of drag. All I can say is full respect for the pilot!
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