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Air India pilots suspended for handing control of plane for 40 minutes to Stewardesses
Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two stewardesses to operate the plane in their absence. Their stunt almost ended in disaster after one of the stewardesses accidentally turned off the auto-pilot, forcing the pilots to rush back to their seats. The incident took place 33,000 feet in the air on Air India flight AI 133 (an Airbus 321) from Bangkok to Delhi on April 12, which took off… (www.mumbaimirror.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The age old principle aloft seems to have been observed here: the stews came to the cockpit and asked them pilots coffee, tea or me............ and then something happened (LIMAO!!!!).
Mile high club in reverse !
Sounds like a Michael Crichton novel ...
That reminds me a good number of years ago, a fellow work mate went to pickup a 727 to bring it down to the gate. It was before TSA, so he took his girlfriend up and let her ride in the FO's seat. While taxing down, he told her she could drive using the yolk... To this day, she thinks she really taxied the plane.... And before anyone asks.. Yes she was Blonde... And it showed :)
Those blondes!!!
Hey! I resemble that remark.
I noticed (LOL)