# Amateur successfully landing a commercial jetliner?

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**Created:** [November 8, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-successfully-landing-a-commercial-jetliner/1024681 "2025-11-08T05:41:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-successfully-landing-a-commercial-jetliner/1024681/6 "2025-11-09T17:11:40Z")

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If [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk-down_aircraft_landing) is to be believed, “there is no record of a talk-down landing of a large commercial aircraft.” The article does discuss a few incidents of smaller aircraft (single- or twin-engine Cessnas, mostly) being landed by passengers with the assistance of ground control, though.

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