And no trees overhanging, and no telephone poles, and no wires, and no twists or bends in the road…along the banks of the Hudson in New York State? Not likely. But you do have the right handle.
You are right in all you got down. But you may have failed to identify traffic, housing, pedestrian movement, and small townships on the roads. He may have chosen the lesser of evils.
I don’t know the area near Newburgh so there may not have been an open or low based product like a kale or spinach field within reach or big enough to set the aircraft down. If there was, that may have been a better choice.
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