“You’ve never landed this type of airliner.”
“No.”
Laura stared toward the runway.
“But I know how to keep an aircraft straight when systems start failing.”
The jet crossed the runway threshold.
The wheels struck the pavement.
For one terrifying second, the aircraft tilted toward the right.
The questionable landing gear groaned beneath the enormous weight.
Laura immediately compensated with rudder and asymmetric thrust.
Andrew kept the nose aligned.
Then a loud mechanical clunk echoed beneath them.
The landing gear lock finally engaged.
Reverse thrust roared.
The aircraft slowed.
Seconds
