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Originally Posted by MarchHare

Or the Gimli glider?

Stories like that one should be useful for reassuring scared passengers. Pilots are extremely well trained.

At Gimli, the pilot executed a manoeuvre (forward slip) that he had never before attempted, even in a glider (he was a glider pilot), or in simulation, and executed it perfectly - without the use of most of his instruments. If he didn't execute it perfectly, there's a good chance that many to all of the people on board die.