The Fokker 70 Snow slide ride

[C601]

And of course walking away from it alive............

I'd say hats of to the capt, i'm sure it was not an easy job keeping the jet in 1 piece.

Pictures below


http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?regsearch=OE-LFO

 

[enigma]

The captions indicate that the forced landing was due to an engine problem. The last time I checked, an engine problem on a twin engine jet did not require an off airport landing. Does anyone know the true problem?

regards,
enigma

 

[dmspilot00]

This article seems to be the most detailed:

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8336281%5E912,00.html

TWENTY-EIGHT passengers and four crew of an Austrian Airlines Fokker 70 jet were left shaken but not seriously injured after it landed 4.5km short of Munich's international airport.

German police hailed the pilot's "masterly performance" after he made an emergency landing on a snow-covered field.

Flight 111 from Vienna came to a stop 4.5km from the runway, after skidding for 300m on its belly, an airport spokesman said.

The twin-engine jet lost most power in both engines while coming in to land and the pilot decided to make an emergency landing.

The front landing gear broke off but the rest of the plane remained intact, in what officials said was a lucky escape.

Police in nearby Erding said eight people were treated at nearby hospitals for bruises and shock.

Other articles just say "engine problems" and that it landed "2km" short of the airport. Some say that the gear was broken while others say the pilot made a gear-up landing. Who knows.

Google new search results:
http://news.google.com/news?q=austrian+fokker+111&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nn