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Sleepy Air Canada pilot thought Venus was a plane
A sleepy Air Canada pilot first mistook the planet Venus for an aircraft, and then sent his airliner diving toward the Atlantic to prevent an imaginary collision with another plane, an official report said on Monday. Sixteen passengers and crew were hurt in the January 2011 incident, when the first officer rammed the control stick forward to avoid a U.S. plane he wrongly thought was heading straight toward him. Aviation Investigation Report Pitch Excursion… (news.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great! Now we'll need to add PCAS (Planet Collision Avoidance System).
HA!!
What would the ATA Code for a "Planet Strike Inspection" be?
what an outtake! nice one pilotguy71
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That is great.... Nice play on TCAS... Would PCAS need 1 or 2 antennas.
The Captain would've be in deep crap if the FO had thought it was Uranus instead...