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>Volcano erupts in Indonesia
>Locals don't notice because they have shit weather radar
>747 flies through the dust cloud
>All 4 engines get filled with volcanic ash and burn out
>"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."
>Spend 12 minutes gliding, dropping 23,500 feet in the process
>The pilots are preparing to be the first 747 ever to attempt a water landing
>Finally one of the engines restarts
>But ILS is offline
>Windscreen is completely opaque due to ash, no way to clean it
>Manage to land running entirely on instruments
>Fatalities: 0
>Injuries: 0
Survivors: 263

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[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

One correction I feel is needed, the windscreen wasn't dirty from ash, it had effectively been sand blasted opaque, with only a small corner of the screen remaining clear

[โ€“] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

To go further, pretty certain that jets have wipers. If it was just ash, they could have cleaned it to get some visibility.