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In Ireland, we just build a runway to allow the plane to take off again. https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0521/965058-mexican-lands-plane-at-mallow-racecourse/

In Ireland, we just build a runway to allow the plane to take off again. https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0521/965058-mexican-lands-plane-at-mallow-racecourse/ https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0521/965058-mexican-lands-p...

wongarsu 3y ago
Clear evidence that news was more entertaining in the 80s: In the merry month of May Just before the dawn of day A plane flew in for Shannon to refuel. Because Shannon is fogged out, Their are the rite of ought To touch down in Cork Airport as a rule. As he flew towards Mallow town His supply of fuel was down But the pilot was as cool as cool could be. In a racetrack west of town He made a safe touch down Just beside the Mallow sugar factory.
- unmole 3y ago
  Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road... Wait, what?
LoganDark 3y ago
this is truly one of the takeoffs of all time
joncrane 3y ago
And in the meantime they had the pilot judge a beauty contest. What a story!
myself248 3y ago
I've long had a fascination with aviation incidents (the Gimli Glider happened on my birthday), but I hadn't heard of this one before! What a great story. Thank you for posting it.
- psd1 3y ago
  Gimli Glider incident: https://simpleflying.com/gimli-glider/ https://simpleflying.com/gimli-glider/
wahern 3y ago
It appears the town is still celebrating the event: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/family-of-mexican-pilot-who-landed-at-cork-racecourse-in-1983-honoured-his-memory-is-being-celebrated/42399300.html https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/family-of-mex... Publication date is 2023-03-22, so 40th anniversary.
dredmorbius 3y ago
There's the story of TACA 110, a Boeing 737-300 which landed on a grass levee, and took off from an auto-traffic boulevard (albeit one built on a prior NASA airfield runway). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110>

wongarsu 3y ago

Clear evidence that news was more entertaining in the 80s: In the merry month of May Just before the dawn of day A plane flew in for Shannon to refuel. Because Shannon is fogged out, Their are the rite of ought To touch down in Cork Airport as a rule. As he flew towards Mallow town His supply of fuel was down But the pilot was as cool as cool could be. In a racetrack west of town He made a safe touch down Just beside the Mallow sugar factory.

unmole 3y ago
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road... Wait, what?

LoganDark 3y ago

this is truly one of the takeoffs of all time

joncrane 3y ago

And in the meantime they had the pilot judge a beauty contest. What a story!

myself248 3y ago

I've long had a fascination with aviation incidents (the Gimli Glider happened on my birthday), but I hadn't heard of this one before! What a great story. Thank you for posting it.

psd1 3y ago
Gimli Glider incident: https://simpleflying.com/gimli-glider/ https://simpleflying.com/gimli-glider/

wahern 3y ago

It appears the town is still celebrating the event: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/family-of-mexican-pilot-who-landed-at-cork-racecourse-in-1983-honoured-his-memory-is-being-celebrated/42399300.html https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/news/family-of-mex... Publication date is 2023-03-22, so 40th anniversary.

dredmorbius 3y ago

There's the story of TACA 110, a Boeing 737-300 which landed on a grass levee, and took off from an auto-traffic boulevard (albeit one built on a prior NASA airfield runway). <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110>