Instead, another plane -- probably the smaller C-17, with its short landing and takeoff characteristics -- would be the likely choice for the first hop out of Afghanistan.
In the afternoon, a second shell landed 870ft (264m) short, landing on compound 22, killing Sapper Smith and injuring two others, the inquest heard.
Since 2005, only a handful of serious accidents followed pilots landing short of a runway, all of which involved regional airliners with fewer seats than the Lion Air jet.
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The DH-6 Twin Otter was chosen for its short take off and landing capability.
His most dizzying leaps had a way of falling short of a safe landing.
He has tips for landing a short-term foreign stint, one of which is to volunteer.
While she repeatedly struggled to hold, Zheng had trouble with her serve, too, landing one short of the net.
In aeronautical jargon, a jetpod is a "VQSTOL" (very quiet, short take off and landing) aircraft, explained Dr. Joe Iannelli, Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at London's City University.
"It's a great aircraft for us because of its short take off and landing capability, but they are not easy to get hold of because they are so popular, which is why we had to go to Canada, " Skybus chief executive Jeff Marston said.
It struck me that before I could reach the oval mirror in the upstairs hall, I had to pass through the front hall, cross the dusky living room with its sagging couch, walk the length of the kitchen, and climb two sets of creaking stairs, the long one up to the landing and the short one up to the hall.
The previous Labour government had placed orders for two new aircraft carriers to be equipped with the F-35B variant of the American-built joint strike fighter (JSF), which is capable of short take-off and vertical landing.
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The Marine Corps variant (F-35B), a short take-off and vertical landing variant (STOVL), was grounded for nearly a month after a manufacturing defect caused a fuel line to detach just before a training flight in January.
Several factors have combined to today's decision to buy a short take-off and vertical landing version of the plane (the F-35B) rather than the more capable F-35C variant that would have required catapults to hurl it skywards.
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Haas hit an even better shot, landing it about 15 feet short of the hole and watching it roll into the cup.
It is reported that the Soviet Union has, among other things, utilized Olivetti-supplied machine tools to fabricate its new YAK-41 supersonic, short-take-off-and-landing naval fighter aircraft.
They would carry short-take-off and vertical-landing versions of the Joint Strike Fighter, stealthy planes that are being developed jointly with America to replace the Harrier jump-jets.
From the CBS visitor centre in Bermudian Landing, local village guides lead short nature walks that provide an up-close introduction to a resident troop of black howlers.
The World Bank said the challenge in the short term was to sustain growth through a soft landing, with the longer-term challenge to steer the economy toward a more sustainable path.
Landing a small plane on the isle's short gravel airstrip was an adventure.
ECB's delight would be short-lived if the euro were to surge just as the American economy was being jolted by a hard landing.
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