Upon returning to base and landing, he caught an arresting wire attached to an anchor chain, dragging it along the runway.
It had been attempting to make an emergency landing at a military air base near the airport.
Atlantis was caught in a rare desert downpour after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert on February 20.
The launch comes on the heels of the successful flight of OTV-2, which made an autonomous landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
ENGADGET: USAF relaunches its first X-37B on a slightly less mysterious spaceflight
In October 2011, four people were killed when an Antonov crashed on landing at al-Anad air base in southern Yemen.
At 115 knots I started a base turn and dropped the landing flaps.
On Friday, Reyes mistimed a slide into second base, injuring his ankle and landing on the disabled list for the next three months.
In March, an Afghan civilian drove a stolen pickup truck onto a ramp alongside the runway where Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's plane was landing at a U.S. military base in southern Helmand province.
Osborn said he made "at least 15 mayday calls" as the plane limped toward the nearest landing strip -- China's Lingshui military base on Hainan Island.
He says currently the only landing pad they have is on the U.N. base, and it's already overly congested.
In another incident, an Afghan driver raced in a stolen vehicle towards 200 marines at a southern base, as the American defence secretary's plane was landing there.
Harlequins made a superb start, fly-half Chris Malone landing a drop-goal after just 23 seconds while Guest drove in from the base of a close-range ruck.
Air traffic control suggested Dobbins Air Force Base, about 20 miles (32 km) east, as a possible landing site, but it was beyond reach.
FORBES: Could You Land A Large Plane On An Interstate Highway?
应用推荐