Kyle Boatright wrote:

A gear up landing has a very, very high probability of having no
injuries whatsoever, and in this case, a belly landing would have only put
two people at risk.

But they couldn't do a gear up landing.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.