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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr
Very similar question was asked after US Airways Flight 1549 ditched into the Hudson River. Reason given was that in training they use flight simulators which are not designed for just that. They do not (or did not) model how water surfaces act. I don't know what is the case with crash landings nor whether its trained or not but I wouldn't be surprised if same reason is given. |
There is that, personally I think there should be a flight simulator made for the commercial aviation industry expressly designed in how to train pilots in the "art" of crash landing (which is something most combat flight sims do already but normal flight sims do not), and another thing is that there aren't a huge number of pilots who have had the experience in crash landing a plane unlike in years after both world wars, WW2 in particular.