Sentences with phrase «controlled crash landing»

An ace US Airways pilot made an astonishing controlled crash landing into the frigid Hudson River after his jet hit geese and lost power minutes after takeoff...

Not exact matches

The causes of both crashes aren't immediately available but a top airport official said the pilot did not follow landing instructions from the control tower, and had approached the airport's one runway from the wrong direction.

A Westchester man piloting a 1961 Piper lost control of his plane, causing a crash landing at South Albany Airport, Bethlehem Police Commander Adam Hornick said.

SELKIRK - A Westchester man piloting a 1961 Piper lost control of his plane, causing a crash landing at South Albany Airport, Bethlehem Police Commander Adam Hornick said.

The fiancee of Scott Martella, who died in a crash on the LIE, told Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone he likely saved her life when he veered just before an out - of - control SUV landed on top of his car.

Try to land gracefully and without crashing your feet down hard into the box; think soft landing and control.

After surviving a controlled landing / crash without landing gear, Zamperini and a handful of fellow soldiers (the most significant of which is Phil, played by Domhnall Gleeson's impressive American accent) go out on another mission that ends in less heroic fashion, as their aircraft crashes into the Pacific Ocean.

Without the ability to move and flex with the uneven road surfaces and bumpy roads, the vehicle would be difficult to control, hitting the bumps solidly, which would cause the wheels to leave the ground in a vertical bounce and land with a crash.

Both ducks and geese are large enough to cause crashes when planes are landing or taking off, so control is essential for safety.

Players control a Spaceman who has crash - landed on a strange world inhabited by Pikmin — plant - like creatures who selflessly follow the spaceman's orders.

Expectedly, they crash land and end up separated, but as the game rolls along, you'll eventually reunite them and end up controlling each of the crew members in concert.

Over the past four years, however, that splash has turned into a considerable wave of anticipation for the next installment in the adventures of an AI - controlled robot suit that crash - lands on a scrap - heap planet.

Eight scientists crash land on a far off planet, but you only control three (randomly selected) survivors to start, each with their own strengths and skills.

Jumps are especially tricky and unforgiving; if you have any momentum approaching a ramp you need to steer the L3 control before and during the actual jump to land correctly, or suffer the ensuing crash.

It includes two distinct game modes or phases that players control, one being the Geoscape mode which is basically base management and the other being Battlescape mode where players will equip and control a squad of soldiers out on a mission investigating Alien crash landings and invasions of cities.

Ultimately, it was a matter of safety because those communications between the cockpits and air traffic control towers made sure that planes full of passengers and crew did not crash into each other while taking off and landing (among other dangers).