> The plane (a Fokker jet) suffered some mechanical failure which required it to land in a farm field without serious injury to anyone. The exact failure was not identified in the story, which stated the pilot showed unusual skill. I agree that it would be helpful if Alireza would quote at least a little of the messages about which he comments. I agreed he should have chosen a different subject -like Austain plane makes an emergency landing (not forced to land [force to land usually means a military aircraft wants to land for some reason] thats what I think forced to land..] [thats unless Alrizea works for homeland security! ;)