News report link from April 2018
Never knew about this. Pretty amazing.
I hate to say it, but this comment on the video thread did make me chuckle:
USA THE GREAT 6 months ago
"No reason to panic folks. The captain is just hanging outside the cockpit for a bit of fresh air and we are about to crash. Please dont panic."
I remember that. Crazy story!
Wow! Never heard of this, thanks for posting.
Years ago I was on a Pan Am plane scheduled to fly from Frankfurt to West Berlin.This was before the Berlin Wall fell so Pan Am,rather than a German airline,flew that route.
As we were heading out to the runway for takeoff the pilot came on the PA and calmly made an announcement in German.Half way through the announcement the woman next to me gasped in fear and surprise.Then he made the announcement in English.
"Ladies and gentlemen,we seem to have a small problem here...we understand that there might be a bomb on board the aircraft.We will be taxiing the aircraft to a remote part of the airport at which time we'll ask you to leave the aircraft quickly and quietly".His exact words...I still remember almost 40 years later.
He was as calm as could be while making it.But the stewardesses weren't quite as calm as they shouted "schnell" (? spelling) as they just about pushed each passenger through the rear door.Having been a fan of Hogan's Heroes I knew what "schnell" meant.