[supercat]

You should have read his entire comment ... the sarcasm would have been obvious to you....

Likewise you should have read mine. The fact that a pilot once managed to land a plane with zero control surfaces should not be taken to imply that loss of all control surfaces can be considered 'acceptable'.

[Don Joe]

The fact that a pilot once managed to land a plane with zero control surfaces should not be taken to imply that loss of all control surfaces can be considered 'acceptable'.

Some years back, there was a Japanese 747, full of passengers, which had a sudden loss of control surfaces -- the rudder fell off.

The pilots managed to keep it airborn for quite some time, but eventually, they all died. I cannot comprehend the horror...