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Originally Posted by ServerGenius
If they can keep the speed low before touching down a lot of other
stuff can go wrong without causing hundreds of casualties.
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that's the main safety related problem in jet transport.
the stall speed (touch down speed) is so high (maybe like 125mph) that simple physics causes lots of damage when things go wrong.
if you have to crash land an airplane and you want to walk away from it without a scratch a single engine cessna with a stall speed of under 50mph (and even less ground speed if you land into the wind) is the way to go because a competent pilot can dead stick one in and get it stopped in 300-400 ft, not the two miles that a jetliner might need to get stopped.