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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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[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 97 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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!

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I mean, it begs the question as to how he knows what the inside of a badger's arse looks like lol

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If I had a nickel for every time a 747 lost engines going through volcanic ash and recovered with no fatalities, I would have two nickels.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago

which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.