I qualified as a pilot just over four years ago. I have flown around 480,000 miles. The biggest thing that a pilot fears is total engine failure. That complete loss of power turns your plane into a huge glider, at the mercy of the winds and gravity. What happened to those two British Airways pilots at Heathrow has happened to me, but mercifully only in the simulator. It takes extreme skill to try to keep an aircraft aloft without any power, especially during the critical times of take-off and landing. The demands on engines are greatest at these times as is pilot skill and concentration.
I don't work for British Airways but every pilot will offer their congratulations to those two B.A pilots who's flying skills undoubtedly saved many lives and a major disaster. Had those engines failed 30 seconds earlier and the outcome would have been very different so yes they were lucky too. However this is one of those occasions when the skill of man outdid the capabilities of machine!!
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