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1. 24 February 1962, Tarom Ilyushin 18V, Paphos, Cyprus: All-engine failure. Belly landing on the ground near Paphos, Cyprus after a 45 km (28 mi) glide. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
1. 24 February 1962, Tarom Ilyushin 18V, Paphos, Cyprus: All-engine failure. Belly landing on the ground near Paphos, Cyprus after a 45 km (28 mi) glide. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
2. 21 August 1963, Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124, Leningrad, Russia:
aircraft ran out of fuel; pilot successfully ditched plane in the Neva River without injury to passengers or crew.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
aircraft ran out of fuel; pilot successfully ditched plane in the Neva River without injury to passengers or crew.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
3. 23 July 1983, Air Canada
Boeing 767-233, Manitoba, Canada. Ran out of fuel due to miscalculation; glided to emergency landing on a decommissioned runway that had been converted to a drag strip. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
Boeing 767-233, Manitoba, Canada. Ran out of fuel due to miscalculation; glided to emergency landing on a decommissioned runway that had been converted to a drag strip. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
4. 24 May 1988, TACA Boeing 737, New Orleans. Dual engine flameout. Glided to emergency off-airport landing on a levee. Aircraft undamaged in landing and subsequently flown out after engine replacement. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid a.f.
Also, you're stupid a.f.
5. 27 December 1991, Scandinavian Airlines MD-81, Gottröra, Sweden. Ice sucked into the engines causing dual engine failure. Landed in field. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
6. 12 July 2000, Hapag-Lloyd Airbus A310-304, Vienna, Austria. Ran out of fuel. Glided for about 20 km (12 mi) before landing 500 metres (1,600 ft) short of the runway. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
7. 24 August 2001, Air Transat Airbus A330-243, Terceira Island, Azores. Ran out of fuel due to fuel leak 75 mi from emergency airport. Aircraft glided for 19 minutes. No fatalities.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
Also, you're stupid as fuck.
That seems like enough to make my point, except for some final notes:
a. I used to be an aircrash defense lawyer for McDonnell Douglas.
b. It's "glided," not "glidded."
c. You're stupid as fuck. /thread
a. I used to be an aircrash defense lawyer for McDonnell Douglas.
b. It's "glided," not "glidded."
c. You're stupid as fuck. /thread
P.S.: I'm not sure whether he blocked me or actually deleted his tweet, so I'll share a screenshot to help people understand why I say this gentleman is
Stupid As Fuck:
Stupid As Fuck:
@threadreaderapp Unroll please.
