THE ACCURATERELOADING.COM FORUMS

Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
Distress at 18000 feet
 Login/Join
 
One of Us
posted
An air traffic control tower suddenly lost communication with a small twin engine aircraft. A moment later the tower landline rang and was answered by one of the employees.

The passenger riding with the pilot who lost communications was on a cellular phone and yelled "Mayday, Mayday!! The pilot had an instant and fatal heart attack. I grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and he had told me before we took off he had the tower on his speed dial memory. I am flying upside down at 18,000 feet and traveling at 180 mph. Mayday, Mayday!!"

The employee in the tower had put him on speakerphone immediately. "Calm down, we acknowledge you and will guide you down after a few questions. The first thing is not to panic, remain calm!!".

He began his series of questions:

Tower: "How do you know you are traveling at 18,000 feet??"

Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the Altimeter dial in front of me."

Tower: "Okay, that’s good, remain calm. How do you know you’re traveling at 180 mph?"

Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 180 mph on the Airspeed dial in front of me."

Tower: Okay, this is great so far, but it’s heavily overcast, so how do you know you're flying upside down?"

Aircraft: “The shit in my pants is running out of my shirt collar
 
Posts: 8274 | Location: Mississippi | Registered: 12 April 2005Reply With Quote
One of Us
Picture of Use Enough Gun
posted Hide Post
Big Grin
 
Posts: 18578 | Registered: 04 April 2005Reply With Quote
One of Us
Picture of xs headspace
posted Hide Post
You're in trouble only if you run out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas at the same time....


Hippie redneck geezer
 
Posts: 209 | Registered: 24 August 2005Reply With Quote
  Powered by Social Strata  
 


Copyright December 1997-2023 Accuratereloading.com


Visit our on-line store for AR Memorabilia