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Pilot who fell ill mid-flight dies after passenger lands plane
Guardian (UK) ^
| Wednesday 9 October 2013 05.13 EDT
| Haroon Siddique and Ben Quinn
Posted on 10/09/2013 5:38:44 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin
Any landing you can walk away from!
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posted on
10/09/2013 5:40:27 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: DeaconBenjamin
A pilot who fell ill Apparently he had the fish ...
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posted on
10/09/2013 5:42:59 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(21st century. I'm not a fan.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Does anybody know how to fly a plane?
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posted on
10/09/2013 5:44:53 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: stanne
Planes fly themselves, the trick is to make them go where you want them to go.
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posted on
10/09/2013 5:47:53 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: saganite
Sorta like the story told in this song about Eli, the Schooner Captain, who was a passenger on a plane when the pilot and co pilot became sick and flew it into Gander, Newfoundland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96iMVMXsgyk
Great story, great song, great photos.
To: DeaconBenjamin
the article lauds the tower while glossing over the passengers ability and cool head
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posted on
10/09/2013 5:53:47 AM PDT
by
Revelation 911
(if "meat is murder" what is abortion?)
To: central_va
You will soon see, if you follow this thread
There are just some films that are required viewing
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posted on
10/09/2013 5:59:25 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: saganite
A great landing is one where they can use the airplane again.
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:00:23 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: stanne
“Does anybody know how to fly a plane?”
I bet if push came to shove, I could fly it. Now.. don’t ask me to parallel park the darn thing. All bets are off then!!
To: momtothree
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:04:27 AM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: stanne
To: saganite
Any landing you can walk away from!
______________
is a good landing!
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:04:54 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Landing a plane is like acting—anybody can do it.
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:06:50 AM PDT
by
Oratam
(Thank you St. Jude!)
To: Chickensoup
“Any landing you can walk away from!
______________
is a good landing!”
If you can reuse the airplane it is a great landing.
To: stanne
Does anybody know how to fly a plane?
I can’t even park my car in the garage without hitting something.
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:09:37 AM PDT
by
angcat
To: Okieshooter
If you can reuse the airplane it is a great landing.
______________________
Absolutely!
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:11:26 AM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
To: DeaconBenjamin
Life imitates art.
Something like this happened in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, but there the pilot just knocked himself out. Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett rose to the occasion.
To: stanne
the trick to flying is...
avoiding the ground
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:54:31 AM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: DeaconBenjamin
must have been the propeller hitting the floor.
Was he trying to land in the house?
Baah reporters!
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posted on
10/09/2013 6:58:03 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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