facts verse presents 10 of the world's
most amazing emergency landings number
one China Airlines flight 0:06 on
February 19 1985 flight 0:06
had a late night flight from Taipei to
Los Angeles
there were 251 passengers on board the
Boeing 747sp when the plane lost power
at one of its engines because the pilots
were exhausted due to the fact that they
were working around the clock
they made a series of minor mistakes the
plane rolled over at one point and
experienced high g-forces
luckily the pilot was very experienced
and he was able to recover the plane
using a rapid dive the plane was then
diverted to the San Francisco
International Airport and it landed with
no fatalities due to the aerodynamic
forces the plane was seriously damaged
number two british airways flight 9 on
june 24 1982 British Airways flight 9
was flying from London Heathrow to
Auckland the Boeing 747 was flying over
the city of Edinburgh when an Indonesian
volcano mount Dallin gong erupted and
threw volcanic ash into the air - shut
down all four of the engines and the
oxygen supply was also cut thanks to the
quick thinking of the crew the plane did
not crash they determined that the plane
could glide for about 23 minutes giving
it a chance to recover 91 nautical miles
from its flight level of 37,000 feet the
plane was able to glide far enough to
exit the ash cloud as soon as the ash
cleared the engines were able to start
but kept dying one by one
luckily the pilot was able to land the
plane safely in Jakarta even luckier all
of the 263 people on board survived the
ordeal number 3 DHL airbus a300b4 on
november 22nd 2003 an airbus a300 cargo
plane operated by DHL was in serious
danger the plane had just taken off from
Baghdad Iraq and it was hit by a
surface-to-air missile the missile hit
the left wing and it destroyed the
engine and all of the hydraulics
luckily the planes pilot captain Shamu
went to a seminar given by captain
Alfred s a haunts where he learned how
to use different engine thrust captain
say haunts was the pilot of United
Airlines flight 232 who managed to land
a plane with almost no light controls
there were three people on board and
they managed to survive the ordeal
number four American Airlines flight 96
on June 12 1972 American Airlines flight
96 was flying over Windsor Ontario when
the rear cargo door blew off the blown
out door created rapid decompression and
damage to the hydraulic controls it also
cut the controls at the top of the
engine even though the pilots had only
partial use of the controls they were
able to land the plane at Detroit
metropolitan Wayne County Airport and
there were no major injuries as a result
following a thorough investigation of
the incident it was discovered that the
accident was caused by a faulty locking
mechanism on the cargo bay door thanks
to the quick thinking of the crew what
could have been a major disaster was
averted
number five Air Canada flight 143 on
July 23rd 1983 Air Canada flight 143 was
flying from Montreal to Edmonton the
plane was flying at an altitude of
41,000 feet when it ran out of fuel
luckily the captain was an experienced
glider pilot therefore he was familiar
with flying techniques that are never
used by commercial pilots thanks to the
pilots gliding skills he was able to
glide the plane safely to the former
Royal Canadian Air Force Base located in
Gimli Manitoba and all 69 passengers on
board survived after a thorough
investigation it was found that when the
fuel was being loaded
he was miscalculated the airline had
recently thrown out the Imperial system
and replaced it with the metric system
because the fuel crew misunderstood the
metric system the plane wasn't filled
with enough fuel number six
United Airlines flight 811 a February
24th 1989 the United Airlines flight 811
was bound for New Zealand after a
stopover at Honolulu International
Airport in Hawaii the cargo door of the
Boeing 747 failed
it caused explosive decompression
several rows of seats sadly nine of the
passengers on board were killed
fires started on engines three and four
and the crew didn't have the use of many
of the flight controls just ten weeks
earlier a bomb was on a Pan Am flight
103 and it exploded over Lockerbie
Scotland because of this the pilots on
flight 811 thought that a bomb was to
blame thanks to the quick thinking of
the captain the plane went to an
altitude where the air was breathable
and they even performed a 180 degree
left turn with just partial flaps the
plane landed in Honolulu and 346
passengers survived number 7 Aloha
Airlines flight 243 on April 28 1988 a
Boeing 747 was heading for Honolulu when
the plane suffered serious structural
damage the top portion of the passenger
cabin was ripped right off the cockpit
door was blown off when the captain
turned around he could see blue skies
even though the flight crew wasn't sure
if the landing gear deployed properly
they still tried to land the plane
luckily the plane landed safely however
there was one fatality a 58 year-old
flight attendant named Clarabelle
Lansing was swept overboard while she
was standing near the fifth row of seats
she had been working as a flight
attendant for 37 years at the time of
the accident and her body was never
found a full investigation was performed
after the accident the results were
never published however the captain and
the crew were not held responsible for
the incident if anything they saved
everyone on board number eight United
Airlines flight 232 on July 19 1989
captain Alfred C Haynes and his crew
were flying a McDonnell Douglas dc-10
the plane's tail mounted engine suffered
a catastrophic failure and almost all of
the flight controls were lost
sadly 111 people on board were killed
but 185 people survived even though
there were fatalities as a result of the
engine damage it was considered to be a
prime example of how if the crew is
trained properly and if emergency
services are notified immediately
serious engine troubles do not need to
result in a complete loss of life after
the accident the dc-10 was modified to
prevent something like this from ever
again there have also been many movies
songs and novels inspired by this
incident number 9 US Airways flight 1549
of the 10 of the world's most amazing
emergency landings this one is by far
the most miraculous and the most highly
publicized On January 15 2009
captain Chelsea Sully Sullenberger had
just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in
New York City with 155 passengers on
board shortly after takeoff the plane
collided with a flock of geese the
multiple bird strikes caused both of the
engines to fail which led the captain to
need to find a place to land he knew he
would never make it back to LaGuardia
and making it to Richards airfield in
New Jersey was not an option either his
quick thinking led him to land on the
Hudson River thanks to his careful
flying and touching down as lightly as
possible the plane landed on the river
and it held together also there were no
serious injuries the passengers were
standing on the wing of the slowly
sinking plane until the ship came to
save them all immediately after the
accident the committee gathered to
determine whether or not the captain
made the right decision in the end the
captain and his crew were called heroes
the entire crew on the flight was
awarded the master medal of the guild of
air pilots and air navigators according
to a member of the Transportation Safety
Board Kitty Higgins the event was the
most successful teaching in aviation
history captain Sully wrote a book about
his experience and a movie was also made
about the landing starring Tom Hanks
it wasn't until people read the book or
saw the movie that they found out that
Captain Sully went through some serious
scrutiny before he was cleared and
hailed a hero number 10 Erol republic of
Light on July 17 2007 a Brazilian made
Embraer 190 was carrying 59 people from
Cali it was landing in the resort town
of Santa Marta and it skidded off a wet
runway and landed in the Caribbean Sea
luckily it only landed on the bank
therefore the plane didn't sink with
passengers on board the accident
resulted in seven people being injured
luckily the injuries were only minor the
day after the incident Columbia began
talking about relocating the airport
according to Columbia
inspiration Minister the runway is not
long enough for a safe landing and it's
often wet due to the ocean waves the
public didn't mind the plan to relocate
the airport since it would free up 1.5
miles that can be turned into sandy
beaches for tourist development
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