Cessna crashes onto portable toilets

If you're going to have a crash landing, banging into a row of portable toilets may be a way of effecting a lucky escape. A pilot did just that in Washington State. It has been said that the toilets had "kind of cushioned things". So that's alright, then.

My mind went to what it would be like if someone was actually using one of them. In my experience, they are now something to be wary of. All levers and pedals with violent flush mechanisms and a whiff of strange chemicals. Assuming that you had overcome that to settle down to a relieving experience, the last thing you would want is to be rudely interrupted by an errant pilot. This one appears to be lucky and unhurt. Thank goodness nobody thought of using one of the toilets.

Miraculous escape from Hudson River plane crash

I've just been watching the escape of passengers from a downed US Airways jet en route from La Guardia to Charlotte, North Carolina. All passengers got off. The pilot did a fantastic job by landing the jet in a perfect way.

The first thing you need in air travel is an unflappable pilot of the Lloyd Bridges type. Assuming that an incident is not terrorist related, which this thankfully was not, you put all your trust in the pilot and the crew. They did well!