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STRANGE FACTS ABOUT PLANES AND FLYING

Added on: 4th Jul 2016

 

IN 1994 AUBURN CALLOWAY, A DEPRESSED FLIGHT

ENGINEER WITH FEDEX HIJACKED A PLANE AND

TRIED TO BEAT THE CREW TO DEATH WITH A

HAMMER. IN SPITE OF NUMEROUS INJURIES THEY

MANAGED TO PULL EXTREME MANOEUVRES SUCH

AS BARREL ROLLS IN ORDER TO PREVENT AUBURN

FROM ATTACKING FURTHER. EVENTUALLY, THEY

GOT THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL AND

LANDED (FEDEX FLIGHT 705)

In 1994 Auburn Calloway, a depressed flight engineer with FedEx hijacked a plane and tried to beat the crew to death with a hammer. In spite of numerous injuries they managed to pull extreme maneuvers such as barrel rolls in order to prevent Auburn from attacking further. Eventually, they got the situation under control and landed (Fedex flight 705)

 

 

IN 2002 A CARGO PLANE CRASHED INTO A PASSENGER

PLANE NEAR THE SWISS-GERMAN BORDER DUE TO

SHORTCOMINGS IN THE SWISS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

SYSTEM. TWO YEARS LATER, VITALY KALOYEV, A MAN

WHO LOST HIS FAMILY IN THE CRASH, KILLED THE

SWISS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER (PETER NIELSEN)

WHO WAS IN CHARGE DURING THE ACCIDENT BY

STABBING HIM TO DEATH IN HIS HOME

In 2002 a cargo plane crashed into a passenger plane near the Swiss-German border due to shortcomings in the Swiss air traffic control system. 2 years later, Vitaly Kaloyev, a man who lost his family in the crash, killed the Swiss air traffic controller (Peter Nielsen) who was in charge during the accident by stabbing him to death in his home.

 

 

SINGAPORE AIRLINES HAS A CORPSE CUPBOARD

FOR PEOPLE WHO DIE DURING FLIGHTS

Singapore Airlines has a corpse cupboard for people who die during flights

 

 

LUFTHANSA RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT TOMATO JUICE

IS MORE POPULAR ON AIRPLANES THAN IT IS IN

AIRPORTS BECAUSE CHANGES IN CABIN PRESSURE

AFFECT THE WAY WE PERCEIVE THINGS,

INCLUDING TASTES

Lufthansa researchers found that tomato juice is more popular on airplanes than it is in airports because changes in cabin pressure affect the way we perceive things...including tastes

 

 

IN 2001, CAPTAIN ROBERT PICHÉ SAVED THE LIVES

OF EVERYONE ON BOARD WHEN BOTH ENGINES

FAILED OVER THE ATLANTIC AND HE LOST

POWER. HOW? HE GLIDED TO THE AZORES

In 2001, Captain Robert Piché saved the lives of everyone onboard when both engines failed over the Atlantic and he lost power. How? He glided to the Azores.

 

 

VESSEX IS A COMPANY THAT RECOVERS STOLEN

PLANES AND SHIPS FROM ANYWHERE IN THE

WORLD…EVEN WARZONES

Vessex is a company that recovers stolen planes and ships from anywhere in the world...even warzones

 

 

IN 1985 NORWAY SUFFERED ITS FIRST HIJACKING.

THE HIJACKER (WHO WAS DRUNK) GAVE UP HIS

WEAPON IN EXCHANGE FOR MORE BEER

In 1985 Norway suffered its first hijacking. The hijacker (who was drunk) gave up his weapon in exchange for more beer

 

 

AMERICAN AIRLINES CLAIMS TO HAVE SAVED

$40,000 PER YEAR BY REMOVING ONE OLIVE FROM

EACH SALAD THAT THEY SERVE

In 2002, a teenager named Charlie J. Bishop flew a small Cessna plane into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It was only a few months after 9/11. Bishop was the only casualty

 


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