From:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipKRkY9XnWmqqvBNAlBju1taRJ
CQD95P8EB84
Blah, blah, blah...
Amazing story, the airplane crashed and then:
"The plane came to a stop. The captain gave a one-word command, "Evacuate.""
Like anybody needed to be commanded for that... ;-)
ET
PS: As a Commercial pilot (multi/single engine and gliders) and flight
instructor (single engine and gliders) I consider this a story as one for
the books.
Also, notice that several gliding success stories for airliners are pulled
off by glider pilots.
Food for thought...
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> success stories [...] pulled off by glider pilots.
Right.
One example:
Back when the Boeing 767 was a brand new aircraft [1983] ( see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider ) there was a mistake made during re-fueling, (I think it involved confusing pounds vs. kilograms) (plus, I think there was some equipment problem with the "fuel quantity sensor") ...anyway -- long story short -- Air Canada flight 143 ran out of fuel while airborne, and they had to do a so-called "dead-stick landing" -- (so), they were very fortunate that there happened to be AN EXPERIENCED GLIDER PILOT in the cockpit that day.