Lufthansa emergency
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:25 pmWell I thought it'd be a routine Heathrow to Berlin haul in my DC-10, but things were to prove otherwise, firstly snow in England! Which explains what happened later on, as all the engineers were hiding indoors with their cups of tea rather than maintaining my plane >:(
So out of Heathrow in the snow
Climbing to altitude when my ASI went on the fritz, nothing serious...
Seconds before disaster struck and engines 1 and 2 shutdown and wouldn't restart. The DC was yawing everywhere over Holland and I decided to declare an emergency
Cloud base at 3000 feet, and I had to come in under it, and ATC had done their usual pants job of getting me lined up with the runway
I reckon Rotterdam ATC were stoned ::)
Turning on final and juggling all the controls to try and maintain sufficient steerage for an emergency landing :-X
Kissing the tarmac (just) :-X
Tyres screaming I come to a halt and shutdown and await the emergency services to evacuate the passengers and crew... when I get back to London some mechanic is going to experience a monkey-wrench to the back of the head
Remember to practice emergency landings and dead-sticks, you never know when it might save your life
Ozzy
So out of Heathrow in the snow
Climbing to altitude when my ASI went on the fritz, nothing serious...
Seconds before disaster struck and engines 1 and 2 shutdown and wouldn't restart. The DC was yawing everywhere over Holland and I decided to declare an emergency
Cloud base at 3000 feet, and I had to come in under it, and ATC had done their usual pants job of getting me lined up with the runway
I reckon Rotterdam ATC were stoned ::)Turning on final and juggling all the controls to try and maintain sufficient steerage for an emergency landing :-X
Kissing the tarmac (just) :-X
Tyres screaming I come to a halt and shutdown and await the emergency services to evacuate the passengers and crew... when I get back to London some mechanic is going to experience a monkey-wrench to the back of the head
Remember to practice emergency landings and dead-sticks, you never know when it might save your life
Ozzy
