12 Mistakes 9 miles High and 16 minutes from home !!

[Jetranger7]

12 Mistakes 9 miles high and 16 minutes from home - TRUE STORY of the Martin 404 propliner Crash :

https://timothycummings.wordpress.com/2 ... from-home/

[dvm]

Good story. I saw a documentary where a 767 had to make a dead stick because of fuel starvation. Another great story. The guys fueling the airplane had a lbs vs Kilo mix up and no one caught it. They still can't get the pucker marks out of the cockpit seats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/30/us/je ... rrors.html

[shortspecialbus]

Good story, nice reminder to be vigilant with aviation. Not exactly sure where they got 9 miles high, since that's close to 50,000 feet, though.

-stefan

[Nick - A2A]

Not exactly sure where they got 9 miles high, since that's close to 50,000 feet, though.

I believe that's a reference to Part II Stefan, which is apparently an article about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The account linked by Jetranger is the "Twelve Mistakes" bit.

Nick

[shortspecialbus]

Not exactly sure where they got 9 miles high, since that's close to 50,000 feet, though.

I believe that's a reference to Part II Stefan, which is apparently an article about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The account linked by Jetranger is the "Twelve Mistakes" bit.

Nick

Ahh, gotcha. I didn't see that part.

-stefan