Awesome South American pilot - TACA Flight 110 zero engine power

fotomay · 07-23-2013, 05:01 AM

I just read about TACA Flight 110 out of Buenos Aires in 1988 which had a double engine flameout and zero engine power at about 15,000 feet in the middle of a hugely violent thunderstorm. Somehow they managed to land with zero power, almost in the river - a bit like Captain Scully but huge thunderstorms.

Here is the wiki article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110
here is the Mayday episode "Nowehre to Land"
http://youtu.be/jnX1u5vp1J4

Amazing effort by the Sth American Captain. Clearly calm and immensely capable pilot. So... South America does have lots of talent !

amazing facts :-
captain had only one eye
after landing on a grassy verge in the middle of a swamp, they actually somehow flew the plane back out ...

badassmaster · 07-23-2013, 01:41 PM

What the fuck?

07-23-2013, 05:01 AM	#1
fotomay Initiate Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 144	Awesome South American pilot - TACA Flight 110 zero engine power I just read about TACA Flight 110 out of Buenos Aires in 1988 which had a double engine flameout and zero engine power at about 15,000 feet in the middle of a hugely violent thunderstorm. Somehow they managed to land with zero power, almost in the river - a bit like Captain Scully but huge thunderstorms. Here is the wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TACA_Flight_110 here is the Mayday episode "Nowehre to Land" http://youtu.be/jnX1u5vp1J4 Amazing effort by the Sth American Captain. Clearly calm and immensely capable pilot. So... South America does have lots of talent ! amazing facts :- captain had only one eye after landing on a grassy verge in the middle of a swamp, they actually somehow flew the plane back out ...

07-23-2013, 01:41 PM	#2
badassmaster Apprentice Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 88	What the fuck? __________________ Warjuice