“Yeah — or something like this couldn’t they have chartered a Boeing or Airbus? Along with an American pilot?”
I do not know of any plane that can land in trees.
This was nothing but pilot error and bad judgement.
They’re talking about a fuel dump, which is a desperation move hinting at some kind of mechanical trouble, because that makes diverting impossible. Or else the pilot was high on dope. Better craft, better pilot, would have avoided the trouble leading up to the situation of trying to land in trees.