A Tale of Two Pilots
The saga of Marcus Schrenker sounds like the plot from a James Bond spoof played by Jim Carrey. He decided to use his mad stunt piloting skillz to fake his own death. And he would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for... uh, pretty much everything. Apparently trying to escape justice isn't as easy as it looks on TV.

At least he had the presence of mind, apparently, to ditch over a relatively unpopulated area, so that the risk of killing innocent people to cover his escape was reduced. Of course, that could simply be because he didn't want... you know... witnesses.

And then you've got the story of Chesley Sullenberger, a former fighter pilot, who used his own mad piloting skillz to save the lives of over 150 people in his charge. He was the last one off the plane, by reports, making sure that everybody was out and accounted for. As The Doctor would say, "Everybody lives!"

Evidence that truth can sometimes by just as entertaining as fiction.
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