DaveK88
06-09-2015, 11:28am
An air traffic control tower suddenly lost communication with a small twin
engine aircraft. Moments later the tower land line rang which was
answered by one of the employees.
A passenger riding with the pilot who lost communications was on a
cellular phone, he yelled "Mayday, mayday!! The pilot has had an instant
and fatal heart attack. I have 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 traveling at 180 mph.
Mayday, mayday!!"
The employee in the tower put him on the speaker phone immediately. "Calm
down, we acknowledge you and we’ll 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 traveling at 18,000 feet??"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the Altimeter dial in
front of me."
Tower: "Okay, that’s good, remain calm. How do you know you’re traveling
at 180 mph?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 180 mph on the Airspeed dial in front
of me."
Tower: Okay, this is great so far, but it’s heavily overcast, so how do
you know you're flying upside down?"
Aircraft: “The crap in my pants is running out of my shirt collar.”
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engine aircraft. Moments later the tower land line rang which was
answered by one of the employees.
A passenger riding with the pilot who lost communications was on a
cellular phone, he yelled "Mayday, mayday!! The pilot has had an instant
and fatal heart attack. I have 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 traveling at 180 mph.
Mayday, mayday!!"
The employee in the tower put him on the speaker phone immediately. "Calm
down, we acknowledge you and we’ll 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 traveling at 18,000 feet??"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 18,000 feet on the Altimeter dial in
front of me."
Tower: "Okay, that’s good, remain calm. How do you know you’re traveling
at 180 mph?"
Aircraft: "I can see that it reads 180 mph on the Airspeed dial in front
of me."
Tower: Okay, this is great so far, but it’s heavily overcast, so how do
you know you're flying upside down?"
Aircraft: “The crap in my pants is running out of my shirt collar.”
:cert: