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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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He used the first officer’s airspeed indicator and visual cues out of the cockpit windows to determine the flight path of the plane and the need for any power changes. Touchdown At 16:00 the airplane touched down on the runway threshold to the left of the centerline. I had the world ahead of me.

Runway 297