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Afghanistan/South Asia
PIA aircraft lands safely
2005-09-18
That's unusual enough that they put it in the paper? I think I'll stick with Lufthansa...
Posted by:Fred

#3  for certain it wasn't 29 feet, but I swear I saw that wing flapping like a bird :-)
Posted by: Rafael   2005-09-18 22:33  

#2  (I never knew a 747 wing can bend like it did on my last flight, with Lufthansa btw)

In static tests on one of the first 747 airframes, the wings were deflected upward 29 feet before they gave way. Turbulence probably wouldn't come even close to doing that.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-09-18 22:26  

#1  Flight PK 308 was travelling from Karachi to Islamabad on Friday night when sudden turbulence, caused by the bird being sucked into the engine.

WTF? Don't get me wrong, turbulence can be frightening (I never knew a 747 wing can bend like it did on my last flight, with Lufthansa btw), but this smells like the pilots panicked after losing an engine. Turbulence caused by a birdstrike??? C'mooon..
Posted by: Rafael   2005-09-18 19:38  

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