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Pilot Lands 767 Jet Safely Without Wheels - Saves 231 Passengers

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He has been dubbed 'The Polish Sully'

Published on Feb 9, 2013
Faced with a flight emergency, a Polish pilot pulled off a remarkable feat of airmanship that saved hundreds of lives and made its way into aviation history. Actual video shot inside the plane's cabin show passengers in the moments before Capt. Tad Wrona made his incredible landing.
  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Yay Captain Tad! Go dude - you are a hero!

    I love this kind of story. Excellence mixed with bravery is such a freaking turn on!
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
    Thank you 3M. Excellent.

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  • Profile picture of the author marketinguk
    Wow what an amazing story, I actually found that very emotional as I was watching the pilot saying that he shook hands with his co-pilot saying he was happy to be landing with him next to him. Anyway, incredible story and an awesome landing it looked really smooth, how did he do that!
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  • Profile picture of the author Angle Warrior
    I really enjoy when I read or view positives in and about our world
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  • Profile picture of the author Sue McDonald
    An amazing story and what an wonderful job by the pilot. He really does deserve all the praise heaped on him. It even looked like a smooth landing. Brilliant.
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    • Profile picture of the author AprilCT
      That was incredible, a true miracle. It's wonderful to get some good news for a change.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vortex Creator
    Sooooo amazing! And this shows me one powerful thing: When the shit hits the fan it's not about the tools and the systems, it's about the people and the human spirit. There was no number mentioned as to how much the damage to the airplane cost, it was all about the people
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  • Profile picture of the author Imagen Estilo
    Fantastic. I admire the pilots in cases like this. How they can keep their heads together is remarkable. I loved the quote "it was one of the smoothest landings I've had". Remarkable stuff. Also fantastic engineering from Boeing. How a plane can land on its belly at over 200km/h as if it was supposed to happen amazes me.
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  • Profile picture of the author manson911
    It's nice to hear for a change a story, where people were safe rather than tragic al death of all passengers. Huge respect!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
    At least some of the success of this landing has to be attributed to the ground crews, who had sufficient time to get the runway foamed before the plane tried to land. If there hadn't been fire-suppressant foam on the runway, this could have had a far different ending.

    That's taking away nothing from the pilot, he did a heroic, skillful job. You can see on the approach that he sideslipped the plane to bleed off even more airspeed at the last second. Fantastic job.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by SteveJohnson View Post

      At least some of the success of this landing has to be attributed to the ground crews, who had sufficient time to get the runway foamed before the plane tried to land. If there hadn't been fire-suppressant foam on the runway, this could have had a far different ending.

      That's taking away nothing from the pilot, he did a heroic, skillful job. You can see on the approach that he sideslipped the plane to bleed off even more airspeed at the last second. Fantastic job.
      I have to say that a perfect landing is *******RARE*******! Out of maybe 500-600 landings, I have maybe seen 2 or 3. Since you USUALLY have wheels, many don't even NOTICE, and it isn't a big deal. HERE, it could have meant MORE damage and/or a full on DISASTER. THIS one looked BEAUTIFUL! IMAGINE if it WEREN'T!

      That pilot probably took his time. But he had to go fast enough that he had control and could recover, and slow enough that he wouldn't overshoot.

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author TrafficTrader
    Great story....thanks for sharing this!
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Standley
    I tried watching but it said the video does not exist
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