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Reminds me a little of TACA Flight 110. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110
by skunkworker 3y ago
Reminds me a little of TACA Flight 110. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110
- dredmorbius 3y agoThe pilot of that flight (well, the landing portion, Boeing apparently supplied pilot and copilot for the take-off), Carlos Dárdano, just retired earlier this year: <https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/09/mission-accomplished-carlos-dardano-the-one-eyed-pilot-who-landed-a-boeing-737-in-the-mud-retired/ https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/09/mission-accomplished-ca...>
- neurotech1 3y agoThey took off from an adjacent prepared road that used to be a runway. > Following an on-site engine replacement, the jetliner took off from Saturn > Boulevard, a road which had previously been an aircraft runway at Michoud. > The aircraft was subsequently repaired and returned to service until it finally > retired in 2016. From the linked Wikipedia page, which explains why the takeoff wasn't as wild as it first seemed.