In the beginning…

Air Safety Week, June 14, 2004

Of 49 hull losses since the Boeing B727 went into service, 13 have been due to "land shorts," or roughly 26 percent of the total. According to sources, this accident rate involving this first-generation popular trijet had much to do with launching emphasis on the stabilized approach toward its present status as a near-religion.

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