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Anon flies air Chad (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by Gullible@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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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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[–] 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

[–] 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.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The level of stakes at some jobs are crazy.

Another example: if the powerpoint slides my team prepares for a board meeting are not pretty enough, my director might be sad.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I literally cannot tell the difference.

Source: am manager, and sometimes my underlings don't toil hard enough in the PowerPoint mines.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

You missed the chaddiest part.

Got two of four engines running. Climbs to set up for landing, one engine starts surging and flaming.

After losing all engines, nearly ditching at sea with no engines, the elation of getting something back and not knowing what will happen with the other one, with 250 lives on the line they shut it down because they know they should.

Good thing a 747 can carry balls of that size on one engine

[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_009 Awesome story here

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Moody made an announcement to the passengers that has been described as "a masterpiece of understatement"

I didn't believe that was an actual quote but here we are.

On the descent without visibility....

Moody described it as "a bit like negotiating one's way up a badger's arse."

Oh my word. HAHAHA!