Sulliski
12-29-2023 | 06:24 AM
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Sulliski
Mistakes river for runway, lands on river, everyone walks away.
It could have been worse.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67832413
It could have been worse.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67832413
A passenger plane with 34 people on board has landed on a frozen river in Russia's Far East, apparently because of a mistake by the pilot.
No-one was hurt when the Polar Airlines Soviet-era Antonov An-24 plane came to a halt on Thursday morning not far from land, on the frozen River Kolyma.
The plane landed off the runway of Zyryanka airport.
Initial inquiries said pilot error was to blame, prosecutors said. Thirty passengers and four crew were on board.
Flight PI217 left Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha republic in Russia's Far East, early on Thursday.
It was bound for Zyryanka, 1,100km (685 miles) to the north-east, and was due to fly on to another small town in Srednekolymsk before returning to Yakutsk.
Video from one of the passengers showed the plane almost in the centre of the frozen River Kolyma in eastern Siberia. Temperatures in Zyryanka dip to around -40C at this time of year.
No-one was hurt when the Polar Airlines Soviet-era Antonov An-24 plane came to a halt on Thursday morning not far from land, on the frozen River Kolyma.
The plane landed off the runway of Zyryanka airport.
Initial inquiries said pilot error was to blame, prosecutors said. Thirty passengers and four crew were on board.
Flight PI217 left Yakutsk, the capital of the Sakha republic in Russia's Far East, early on Thursday.
It was bound for Zyryanka, 1,100km (685 miles) to the north-east, and was due to fly on to another small town in Srednekolymsk before returning to Yakutsk.
Video from one of the passengers showed the plane almost in the centre of the frozen River Kolyma in eastern Siberia. Temperatures in Zyryanka dip to around -40C at this time of year.
12-29-2023 | 12:02 PM
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$hit happens. Being holier than thou goes before a fall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRMd62MmePI
https://www.wired.com/2013/11/dreamlifter-wrong-airport/
https://youtu.be/wi58Ds3Krgw?si=eloBRKmFD84AzrEk
https://youtu.be/M3oW5Rx0_B8?si=RgqRzpNT6KFWhzob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRMd62MmePI
https://www.wired.com/2013/11/dreamlifter-wrong-airport/
https://youtu.be/wi58Ds3Krgw?si=eloBRKmFD84AzrEk
https://youtu.be/M3oW5Rx0_B8?si=RgqRzpNT6KFWhzob
12-30-2023 | 07:13 AM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
It was a joke.
But I actually watched the C-17 incident from my balcony in downtown Tampa.
"Why's he all the way over here?"
"Oh Chit, he's lined up on OKnight!"
"He's got to realize what he's doing any second"
Sound of very loud TR's echoing off the highrises
"Oh Chit, no way he's getting stopped"
But I actually watched the C-17 incident from my balcony in downtown Tampa.
"Why's he all the way over here?"
"Oh Chit, he's lined up on OKnight!"
"He's got to realize what he's doing any second"
Sound of very loud TR's echoing off the highrises
"Oh Chit, no way he's getting stopped"
12-31-2023 | 05:25 AM
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Ignoring; John Burke.
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From: 777 retired
Peter Oknight and MacDill have a long history with that. When I was there in 73-74 we had a couple GA land at MacDill including a DC-3 and a Convair with an engine out. It was full of marijuana. It took them a few hours to realize that until of of the Security Police dogs guarding it went berserk...he was a dope sniffer.
