"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
04/01/2015 at 19:43 • Filed to: Planelonik
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
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Japan Airlines' DC-8 Shinga
Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast
> f86sabre
04/01/2015 at 19:49 |
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What's happening here? Are they pulling it out of the water? Doesn't look like its body is damaged. I'm confused
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f86sabre
> Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast
04/01/2015 at 19:59 |
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In 1968 the plane was making an prosche into San Francisco on a day with low clouds and calm seas. They were trying to shoot an ILS approach and didn't realize until too late that they were a couple of miles short of the runway. Luckily the water where the aircraft landed was only 10-12 feet deep. They picked it up with a barge and had United fix it. The cost was about $4M in 1960s money. The plane went on to fly well into thee 80s.
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Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast
> f86sabre
04/01/2015 at 20:05 |
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Wow, that's amazing that the engines didn't get torn off the wings. And it went back into sevice.
ttyymmnn
> f86sabre
04/03/2015 at 19:51 |
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Washing a plane? You're doing it wrong.