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Is it possible to land a plane there mid-winter, if absolutely necessary? Obviously fraught with difficulty, and dangerous, but... is it possible?
by ryanisnan 4y ago
Is it possible to land a plane there mid-winter, if absolutely necessary? Obviously fraught with difficulty, and dangerous, but... is it possible?
- colechristensen 4y agoYes. I can’t find the outcome of this attempt a while back, but it was obviously tried. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/pitch-black-frigid-cold-icy-landings-why-its-so-hard-to-fly-a-rescue-mission-to-antarctica-in-the-winter https://nationalpost.com/news/world/pitch-black-frigid-cold-...
- kryptiskt 4y agoIt went well: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/22/483121098/risky-south-pole-rescue-succeeds-as-2-patients-are-airlifted-out https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/22/483121098...
- ryanisnan 4y agoThanks for sharing! Wild to hear that the plane literally froze to the ice. What a bold pilot.
- colechristensen 4y agoThose far north bush pilots have a reputation for being bold (er crazy :) )
- eastbound 4y agoA man committed self-surgery on his appendicitis (in the 1950ies, granted), so it seems a single man’s life is not enough to warrant a full flight in winter. What would warrant it? Escaping the apocalypse of the modern world, maybe?