Virgin Atlantic Pilots Bounce The Shit Out Of This Crippled 747

"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles) 12/29/2014 at 13:11 • Filed to: planelopnik, landing, boeing 747, virgin atlantic

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Pilots managed to land the lame plane safely after a mechanical malfunction with the main landing gear required an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Nothing like seeing how much bounce you can get on the remaining good wheels.

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doodon2whls > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 13:18

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That's a great video... I bet those brakes were HOT considering maybe 20% of the braking capacity was missing... You can see the tufts of smoke coming from them during max braking and upon full stop.

I can't be sure from this video (which is spectacular, BTW), but it looks like the pilots were even able to keep the #3 engine nacelle from contacting the ground... BRAVO !

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 13:18

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Pretty impressive.

Chris Clarke > doodon2whls 12/29/2014 at 13:20

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That engine was damn close. I wouldn't be surprised if they hosed off those brakes.

JGrabowMSt > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 13:22

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Smug pilot be like, "another day of the office."

scoob > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 13:24

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Planes are seriously extraordinary machines. Props (huehuehue) to those pilots!

Mercedes Streeter > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 13:26

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The pilots were spotted later that day in a different plane...

(Watch Soul Plane at your own risk.)

Jcarr > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 13:26

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The team who engineered the main gear should get a raise...if they're not dead or in nursing homes.

McMike > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 13:28

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Attention: You may have noticed that Captain has turned off the seat belt sign. That happens to only be for our passengers on the right side of the aircraft so they can GET OVER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

sellphones2493 > Chris Clarke 12/29/2014 at 16:55

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I just learned my Macbook is incapable of playing anything in 2160p!