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all Airbus 320 will have the same safety mechanisms and industry required features, but they would have been useless without the pilotsquick response in the end

Human interaction ends up being the wildcard

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There are also many natural wildcards. In water landings, where you hit the wave makes a huge difference. On land, it is trees and ground features. A good pilot can maximize the odds, but there is always a huge amount of luck.

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