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That's probably why they flew so low and slow, and didn't raise the gear!
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Hey just like the Delta guy that I saw yesterday. Please remember every airline has them and they do not represent the whole company. Most people at Compass take pride in their appearance.
Last edited by MrMustache; 03-27-2014 at 04:48 PM.
That FE taught indoc at World (at the Delta Training Center). He told us the crew could feel tugging on the flight controls through the cables.
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Was anyone else repulsed by the sheer animal selfishness of those guys shoving aside women and children to get on the plane? It made me sick.
Healy figures his ship was overloaded by 20,000 pounds. "We estimated there must hav been 360 people aboard a ship designed to carry 105. In the cabin there were 268 - this number we know for usre. The baggage compartments were loaded with people and there attempts to make the flight in the wheel wells and seven did get through that way to Saigon. Witness said bodies fell out but I can't say how many. I believe there were 80 to 90 in the lower compartments but an accurate count was not obtained as they unloaded before anyone thought to make a count."
"Some of the problems encountered were an aft stairway that remained partially extended for the entire flight and main wheels which would not retract. Pressurization was impossible so the flight was made at 10,000 feet. Fuel consumption was three times greater than normal and we landed at Saigon with little in the tanks. A grenade explosion removed two-thirds of the left inboard flap. I wholeheartedly praise the abilities of the 727 aircraft. It is a solid, dependable and completely honest aircraft".
Read more: B727-100c World Airways | HJG Message Boards
And a pic from the aircraft on the flight...
Said jet in 2006
This just in... Sweetwater 420 to be served on ATL-LGA flights. Checking TravelNet now...
Whew! That really sucks for those it affected- all the World guys I encountered were really great.
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