One of my favourite crashes is the SAS MD80 in december 1991. (It’s in AirDisaster.com) For once all 129 on board survived. Indeed a miracle as the Captain Stefan Rasmussen told in a speech:
“Here in Denmark, some call me a hero …
Maybe It’s because Danes sometimes don’t know, what stuff real heroes are made of …
Of cause I know, that one december morning in 1991 i became known to every news agency in the world, when I as Captain and pilot on a SAS MD-80, suceeded in landing a 55 ton airplane on a forest meadow, situated a bit north east of Stockholm in Sweden. – This happen only 4 minutes after take-off…
That day I destroyed an airplane worth over 35 mill.$ – That won’t make You a hero …
That all 129 passengers survived was an incomprehensible miracel – But calling it a heroic deed is wrong … It was high class team work – And by the way; it was my job as a pilot to make sure my passenger got a safe ride. So, if doing Your job is a heroic deed, then were all heroes …
No, no …….”
Best regards
atc pal
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