Wikipedia Wonders
 

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?

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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

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The movie (M4TV) of this is good. Amazing how quiet the engines are on these new 767s
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113018/maindetails

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That's cos they weren't running, they had no fuel left, remember? :D

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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.

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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

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I've one which I posted here

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...038#post616038

I've also read the book which is a good read called 'Freefall'

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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