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She got the plane on the ground in one piece.
I'm not a pilot but I would image it would be easy to lose control with sudden engine failure.
Then to get it on the ground with only one engine functioning must have been another trick,
They say she did everything, every action, as if a routine landing.
Her airspeed was about 20 knots high, which doesn't surprise me. In the air you control speed by throttling back of course, but also by putting on full flaps and goosing the engines; adds reverse thrust to the aircraft. I'm guessing she didn't have that option because the force vectors would have been assymetrical. Maybe she had the copilot drag his feet. "I'd do it, honey, but I just dyed these shoes."
She'd have had plenty of training in how to handle emergencies with disabled aircraft. I'd think it to be almost second nature. I recall myself and friends who travelled together trying to guess if our pilot was Navy or Air Force. We'd say that Navy pilots hit the ground harder than those who were in the USAF as they were accustomed to carrier landings.
...which fell apart. These turbines are the hardest metal known to mankind and those turbines used in jet engines receive the untmost scrutiny before they are even allowed to be used, including Xray examinations to make sure they are flawless. I wonder if this was one that ate a bird or two in the past? Anytime something gets sucked through a jet engine, it should be disassembled and all parts inspected fully.
It had a previous accident and a defect according to one article I read.
I suspect someone will take offense to this comment but, if you're not a white male, such news articles will note race, and/or gender. It's been popular to point such things out at every opportunity. While many of us are calling for the elimination of such bias, our news media is making sure to keep it alive. If we all just get along in peace and harmony, they lose during slow news days.