Tag Archives | drinking and flying

Wind flips a plane during landing in Colombia

By on January 30, 2009 in Airlines, News, Photos & Videos

Please keep your seat belts fastened until the plane has come to a complete (and hopefully upright) stop.

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Pilot knocks over a cow

By on December 19, 2008 in Airlines, News, Photos & Videos

Here’s a case of extreme cow tipping.  The pilot of a small WWII plane had just taken off when the engine stalled leaving him to make an emergency landing in a nearby field.   Well, a poor cow, happily grazing at the time, was in for the shock of its life when the plane’s left wing [...]

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Travellers to pilots in India: “don’t drink and fly”

By on June 30, 2008 in Airlines, News

According to Reuters, an average of 50 pilots in India fail their pre-flight alcohol tests each year. Are all pilots being tested or is this a random survey, that’s what I want to know?!?!? Either way, YIKES!!! I don’t know, but if I had a few drinks and my employer called me up at the [...]

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