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 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
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
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
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
AMERICAN AIRLINES CLAIMS TO HAVE SAVED
$40,000 PER YEAR BY REMOVING ONE OLIVE FROM
EACH SALAD THAT THEY SERVE
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