WingFlaps wrote in news:ca4e24f8-ae1d-43a2-b5c9-
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On Apr 19, 7:37*am, "tom418" wrote:


This is only an emergency because it looks good on TV. A gear up is
not a life threatening event.


It would have been even less of a risk and done a lot less less damage
to the plane if he had retracted the gear and stopped the engines and
done a belly landing

Maybe. We're told to get as many down as we can, though.

Bertie