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This Pilot Made an Emergency Landing in a Shallow River

Name: This Pilot Made an Emergency Landing in a Shallow River
Uploaded: 2018-09-13
Duration: 201154
Description: It’s January 16, 2002 and Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 is struggling with a loss of power. The captain decides to perform a maneuver few other pilots have ever attempted: to land his Boeing 737 in water.

It’s January 16, 2002 and Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 is struggling with a loss of power. The captain decides to perform a maneuver few other pilots have ever attempted: to land his Boeing 737 in water.

Smithsonian magazine | 3:21