more difficult, expensive and risky to retrofit on a vehicle not initially designed for it. Had the shuttle been initially designed with a cabin escape system, adding one might have been more feasible. Cabin/capsule ejection systems have a patchy success record. Al White suffered a crushed arm when ejecting from the XB-70 mid-air collision, while the other failed to deploy, leading to the death of a crew member. Space Shuttle abort history Source: Emergency landing sites Predetermined emergency landing sites for the orbiter were chosen on a mission-by-mission basis according to the mission profile, weather and regional political situations. Emergency landing sites during the shuttle program included:Sites in which an orbiter has landed are listed in bold, but none have been emergency landings.AlgeriaAguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport, TamanrassetAustraliaKingsford-Smith International Airport, Sydney, New South Wales (until 1986) RAAF Base Amberley, Ipswich, Queensland RAAF Base Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory RAAF Base Pearce, Perth, Western AustraliaBahamasLynden Pindling International Airport, NassauBarbadosSir Grantley Adams International Airport, BridgetownMinistry Shares Details of Emergency Landing , Barbados - Daily Nation Newspaper 2017-Aug-03CanadaCFB Goose Bay, Goose Bay, Labrador CFB Namao, Edmonton, Alberta (until 1994) Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland Stephenville International Airport, Stephenville, Newfoundland St. John's International Airport, St. John's, Newfoundland Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Halifax, Nova ScotiaCape VerdeAmílcar Cabral International Airport, Sal IslandChileMataveri International Airport, Easter IslandFranceIstres-Le Tubé Air Base near Istres, France Hao Airport, Hao, French PolynesiaThe GambiaYundum International Airport, BanjulGermanyKöln Bonn Airport, CologneGreece Souda Air Base, Souda Bay, CreteIcelandKeflavík International Airport, KeflavíkIrelandShannon Airport, Shannon, County ClareJamaica Vernam Field, ClarendonLiberiaRoberts International Airport, Monrovia (until 1989)MoroccoBen Guerir Air Base, Morocco (1988-2002) Mohammed V International Airport, Morocco (until 1986)PortugalLajes Field, Lajes Beja Airbase, BejaSaudi ArabiaKing Khalid International Airport, RiyadhSpainZaragoza Air Base Morón Air Base Gran Canaria Airport, Gran CanariaSomaliaBerbera Airport, Berbera (inactive since 1991)South AfricaAir Force Base HoedspruitSwedenArlanda Airport, StockholmTurkeyEsenboğa International Airport, AnkaraUnited KingdomRAF Greenham Common, Berkshire, England (from 1981) RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire, England (until 1996) RAF Machrihanish, Campbeltown, Scotland RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England (until 1993)British Overseas TerritoriesNAS Bermuda, St David's Island, Bermuda Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean TerritoryUnited StatesAndersen Air Force Base, Guam Atlantic City International Airport, Pomona, New Jersey Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia Columbus Air Force