NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Again After Unscheduled Landing
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The helicopter performed a short hop to help the team better understand why its previous flight was interrupted.
    • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m not sure what the actual definition is, but I would not consider it a crash if the aircraft performed a controlled landing, incurred no damage and flew again without repair.

      Imagine a scheduled flight between New York and Paris that developed an issue that forced it to land early in London. I would not call that a crash, I would call it a unscheduled (emergency) landing.