bluedragon436
12-17-2014, 05:04 PM
Have seen this a few times, being on all the aviation pages I'm on.. Don't remember seeing it here yet, so wanted to share..
An air traffic control tower suddenly lost communications with a small
twin engine
aircraft.
A moment later the tower landline rang and was answered by one of the
employees.
The passenger riding with the pilot who lost communications was on a
cellular phone and
yelled "Mayday, mayday!! The pilot had an instant and fatal heart
attack. I grabbed his cell
phone out of his pocket and he had told me before we took off he had the
tower on his speed
dial memory. I am flying upside down at 18,000 feet and travelling at
180 mph. Mayday,
mayday!!"
The employee in the tower had put him on speaker phone immediately.
"Calm down, we acknowledge you and we will guide you down after a few
questions.
The first thing is not to panic, remain calm!"
He began his series of questions.
Tower: "How do you know you are travelling at 18,000 feet?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the dials in front of
me".
Tower: "Okay, that is good, remain calm. How do you know you are
travelling at 180 mph?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 180 mph on the dials in front of me."
Tower: Okay, that is good. How do you know you're flying upside down?"
Aircraft: "Because the shit in my pants is sliding out of my collar."
An air traffic control tower suddenly lost communications with a small
twin engine
aircraft.
A moment later the tower landline rang and was answered by one of the
employees.
The passenger riding with the pilot who lost communications was on a
cellular phone and
yelled "Mayday, mayday!! The pilot had an instant and fatal heart
attack. I grabbed his cell
phone out of his pocket and he had told me before we took off he had the
tower on his speed
dial memory. I am flying upside down at 18,000 feet and travelling at
180 mph. Mayday,
mayday!!"
The employee in the tower had put him on speaker phone immediately.
"Calm down, we acknowledge you and we will guide you down after a few
questions.
The first thing is not to panic, remain calm!"
He began his series of questions.
Tower: "How do you know you are travelling at 18,000 feet?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the dials in front of
me".
Tower: "Okay, that is good, remain calm. How do you know you are
travelling at 180 mph?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 180 mph on the dials in front of me."
Tower: Okay, that is good. How do you know you're flying upside down?"
Aircraft: "Because the shit in my pants is sliding out of my collar."