6 Worst Things to Happen While Piloting a Plane

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Worst things to happen while piloting a plane. These pilots went through rough times, when they tried to take back control of the aircraft. Here are the worst plane incidents.

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Number 6 Flying through a Volcanic Ash Cloud
On June 24, 1982, British Airways Flight 9 from Heathrow to Auckland was flying over Jakarta, when the Boeing 747 lost power in all four of its engines. The crew didn’t initially understand why this had happened. Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Galunggung had blocked the engines, causing them to flameout. The captain and crew tried restarting the engines but they were unresponsive. Captain Eric Moody made the following announcement to the passengers ‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped.
Number 5 Pilot’s Prosthetic Arm Falls Off
On February 12, 2014, as a Flybe flight was approaching Belfast City Airport the pilot’s prosthetic arm fell off. According to the report, the pilot was manually controlling the plane to better deal with the windy weather. Shortly before landing, his artificial lower left arm became detached from its yoke. There wasn’t enough time for him to get the co-pilot and there were also challenging weather conditions to deal with. The pilot moved his right hand from the power levers to the yoke in order to regain control.
Number 4 Multiple Failures on a Superjumbo
Dealing with multiple failures on an aircraft is no easy feat. However, when said aircraft is the Airbus A380, the largest passenger plane in the world, the stakes are definitely higher. On November 4, 2010, Qantas Flight 32 suffered an uncontained engine failure around 4 minutes after it took off from Singapore’s Changi Airport. The Airbus’ engine No. 2 exploded, sending pieces of metal at the Indonesian village below.
Number 3 Running Out of Fuel
Due to a combination of company failures, human errors and confusion over unit measurements, Air Canada Flight 143 took off from Montreal on July 23, 1983, with insufficient fuel. This went unnoticed as the initial fuel load had been incorrectly introduced by the ground crew and subsequently approved by the flight crew. The fuel had been calculated in pounds, but it should have been calculated in kilograms. The plane was loaded with only half the fuel it needed. As it was cruising over Red Lake, Ontario, at approximately 41,000 feet the 767 lost all power and most of the flight control instruments went blank. Flying a plane that had lost all its engines hadn’t been covered in training so the pilot and crew were confronted with a new and frightening situation. Fortunately, Captain Robert Pearson was an experienced glider pilot and accustomed to techniques not normally used on commercial flights. The pilots re-routed the plane to RCAF Station Gimli, a former air force base. What they didn’t know was that the base had been converted to a race track complex.
Number 2 Forced Water Landing
Even with several safety measures put in place, landing on water is extremely dangerous and can have catastrophic consequences. This is why the efforts of leading pilot Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeffrey B. Skiles have been hailed as the leading force behind what’s known as the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’. It has been described as the most successful water landing, or ditching, in history. It took place on January 15, 2009. Shortly after it took off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, US Airways Flight 1549 hit a flock of Canadian geese. This resulted in the plane completely losing engine power. The pilots issued a mayday call and established contact with air traffic controllers from nearby airports.
Number 1 Getting Propelled out of the Plane
Dangling outside a plane in midair at a speed of nearly 500 mph and sub-zero temperatures has to rank at the top of worst things that can happen to a pilot. On June 10, 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 was heading to Spain, from Birmingham, with 81 passengers on board. About 20 minutes into the flight with the plane already at an altitude of around 17,000 feet, passengers were startled by a loud bang that came from the cockpit. An improperly installed windscreen panel had broken away from the captain’s side of the flight deck. The rushing air from the decompression forced Captain Tim Lancaster out of his seat and propelled him head-first out of the window.