Wild plane landings

[Standing Wolf]

I like it when women leave claw marks on me

They are most likely just trying to get out of the duct tape.

When I was an aircrewman in P3Cs I once flew with a pilot who they called "Crash & Dash" for the..."quality" of his landings. After one particularly "eventful" touchdown, our Flight Engineer turned to the pilot and asked, "Which one of those landings do you want me to log, sir?"

I once read a report that contained my all-time favorite military euphemism. It referred to a plane crash as "an uncontrolled landing".

[Peter1469]

I was sitting in the Admirals Club at the Charlotte airport between fights one day when CNN starts playing the worst airline crashes in history.
The boneheads should have known they are going to be playing on every airport TV in the country.

Not any more I hear.

[carolina73]

I just watched a very long video, on what really happened on Tenerife to cause the crash.

It's very interesting, I love things like that, not the people dying part, the stories behind the crashes.

I don't remember that one. The thought sometimes crosses your mind when landing with no visibility. 538 people will be a record for a long time.

[Abby08]

I don't remember that one. The thought sometimes crosses your mind when landing with no visibility. 538 people will be a record for a long time.

That one was horrific, 2, 747's, due to poor visibility and communication.

[Peter1469]

Originally Posted by carolina73
I don't remember that one. The thought sometimes crosses your mind when landing with no visibility. 538 people will be a record for a long time.

That one was horrific, 2, 747's, due to poor visibility and communication.

I believe that was the crash where the airline wanted the senior pilot in charge of the safety program to get into the office- then found out that he was the pilot of the plane that tried to take off in pea soup.

[Abby08]

Originally Posted by carolina73
I don't remember that one. The thought sometimes crosses your mind when landing with no visibility. 538 people will be a record for a long time.



I believe that was the crash where the airline wanted the senior pilot in charge of the safety program to get into the office- then found out that he was the pilot of the plane that tried to take off in pea soup.

There was a bit of a language problem, the KLM crew being Dutch, they used words and terms the tower may not have been familiar with and, things got misconstrued, eventually putting both jumbo jets on a collision course.

The Pan Am captain, at the last minute, saw lights coming towards him as he was taxiing to his departure lane, and KLM was already in full throttle coming towards them.

Pan Am was heard saying, seconds before the impact, "hey, I'm here!"

KLM tried to decelerate and pull up, Pan Am tried to turn sharply to the left to avert an impact, KLM sheared off the top of Pan Am, continuing on for some time, before slamming to the tarmac and, bursting into flames.

[carolina73]

There was a bit of a language problem, the KLM crew being Dutch, they used words and terms the tower may not have been familiar with and, things got misconstrued, eventually putting both jumbo jets on a collision course.

The Pan Am captain, at the last minute, saw lights coming towards him as he was taxiing to his departure lane, and KLM was already in full throttle coming towards them.

Pan Am was heard saying, seconds before the impact, "hey, I'm here!"

KLM tried to decelerate and pull up, Pan Am tried to turn sharply to the left to avert an impact, KLM sheared off the top of Pan Am, continuing on for some time, before slamming to the tarmac and, bursting into flames.

1977 was not that long ago but in technology years it comes out to be centuries ago.