From yesterday's Daily...
West Atlantic Cargo Boeing 737 Damaged Landing In ExeterA Boeing 737-400F was significantly damaged yesterday after a hard landing at the UK’s Exeter Airport. The aircraft was arriving from East Midlands Airport, also in the UK, and suffered overstress damage to the fuselage. According to reports, the cargo was unable to be unloaded due to the damage, but the pilots were unhurt.
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One of the pics from the link...
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This plane ain't gonna escape the bonds of this Earth ever again. So where is the fine line drawn between calling it a "crash" and a "hard landing"?
Is this one a "hard landing"?
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How about this one? "Hard landing" or "crash"? (It flew again)
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Is it a "hard landing" if it can taxi back to the ramp under it's own power? Maybe the number of pieces in which the airplane ends up? Does it have to do with death vs. injuries, or not? Keep in mind, the NTSB databases are filled with "crashes" in which no one died, and they also have uncountable "hard landings" in which someone died.
It would be good if we could narrow-down the terminology.
Slider... <sniff, sniff>... you stink.