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Not a pilot. Could he have landed that plane safely in the valley below him from that altitude with a dead engine?


Yes. There was a nearby dry river bed clearly visible in the video.

It's a moot point though because it was a deliberate stunt.


Yes, multiple people on YouTube recreated the scenario in a flight simulator and found that it could have been landed safely.




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