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altis
04-11-2005, 10:50
This is a bit long to quote but well worth reading in full. It planely ;) shows the importance of not confusing metric and imperial units.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Got any other good'ns?
Chris
04-11-2005, 11:06
It's a tough call but I think this is a Lifestyle thread rather than Entertainment ... hence moved.

I saw a documentary on recently in which a transatlantic flight got into almost idential difficulties and glided in for a landing, IIRC, on the Canaries. Can't remember the details though.
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Good old Wikipedia ... it was the Azores.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
SMHarman
04-11-2005, 12:17
This is a bit long to quote but well worth reading in full. It planely ;) shows the importance of not confusing metric and imperial units.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Got any other good'ns?The movie (M4TV) of this is good. Amazing how quiet the engines are on these new 767s
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113018/maindetails
Chris
04-11-2005, 13:42
Amazing how quiet the engines are on these new 767s

That's cos they weren't running, they had no fuel left, remember? :D
SMHarman
04-11-2005, 13:44
It was a line in the movie, they initially did not tell the pax that they were running on momentum, some of the FFs soon noticed though.
Chris
04-11-2005, 13:48
It was a line in the movie, they initially did not tell the pax that they were running on momentum, some of the FFs soon noticed though.

D'oh! Thought you were observing the usual nonsense of airplane films, that the engines are quiet enough for passengers to have murmured conversations with each other ... :D
Hom3r
04-11-2005, 15:18
I've one which I posted here

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?p=616038#post616038


The movie (M4TV) of this is good. Amazing how quiet the engines are on these new 767s


I've also read the book which is a good read called 'Freefall'
spiderplant
04-11-2005, 21:49
Got any other good'ns?
A useful lesson for software engineers/designers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5_Flight_501

If you want to learn more about aviation safety, there's plenty to read at http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm