Posted on 07/23/2006 6:35:48 AM PDT by ruffisthudpucker
Dallas Air Traffic Controller
Dallas ATC: "Tower to Saudi Air 911 -- You are cleared to land eastbound on runway 9R." Saudi Air: "Thank you Dallas ATC. Acknowledge cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R - Allah be Praised !!"
Dallas ATC: "Tower to Iran Air 822 -- You are cleared to land westbound on runway 9R." Iran Air: "Thank you Dallas ATC. We are cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R. - Allah is Great !!"
Pause: Static.............
Saudi Air: "DALLAS ATC! DALLAS ATC!!!" Dallas ATC: "Go ahead Saudi Air 911?"
Saudi Air: "YOU HAVE CLEARED BOTH OUR AIRCRAFT FOR THE SAME RUNWAY GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS!!! WE ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE!!! INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE!!!
Dallas ATC: Well bless your hearts. Y'all be careful now and tell Allah "hey" for us -- ya hear?
that is not helpful
/sar
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha!
Too funny!
Dalls ATC: Did we? I don't think so, but let me get on the horn to the UN - I'm sure they'll be able to straighten this out.
He he he!
If only....
Did Dallas ATC make sure that there were no innocent Americans on-board any of the planes before the instructions to the pilots?
I usually have a pretty good sense of humor. I don't find this very funny. Maybe it's just too early.....
ML/NJ
Maybe not.
27L
Got to it before I could.
Airport runways are dsignated by their compass headings. DFW has two parallel runways that run north south and one runway that runs NW to SE. there is no runway 27!!!
Otherwise this is a very OLD joke. I learned it at Air Force Comm School 40 years ago when we were taught Air Traffic Control! We were told that it derived from a conversation that Wilbur and Orville had at Kill Devil Hills!
For it to be the same runway, shoudn't thatsecond one be 27L?
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