Cart #407
Watch your six! -- Turbulence! -- Mach 2!
After ruteqube's Real True DOOM Facts™ and Real True Train Facts, and Doctor Thex's Did-You-Know series on Trains and Questions about Ships, everybody asked for more.... So...
In 1983, a metric-to-imperial conversion snafu caused Air Canada to misjudge the settings of the pilot's seat, who, being only about 4'9'' tall (105cm), was unable to control the plane and had to crash Land Inbetween Ottawa and Edmonton. No one was seriously injured in what is known today as the Gimli Incident.
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ESGST has caught your links to the other trains, and it's going crazy
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Yes, I use it too, it is hard to tell it what to follow and what not to follow.... :(
So... have I just created an even HUGER train? No, wait -- is it a ubermegaoctopus made of trains? Awesome!
Cheers!
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4'9'' is about 145cm not 105cm, nor has the accident anything to do with the height of the pilot... (I did get the LotR joke)
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As I said, a metric-to-imperial conversion snafu! ;D ;D
Glad someone noticed that! :D
Now seriously -- the original story is quite incredible, I hope at least some people read the actual thing in that link.
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Yeah, I actually saw it on "Air Crash Investigation" on National Geographic. It was actually pretty stupid :D
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Gimli can't even ride a horse but you expect him to fly a plain? O.O
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Oh, hi! I was hoping you would find these! :D :D :D
About Gimli: he took piloting lessons after Gandalf's last wish at Moria...
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Aw. I was sure they eloped. Guess by plane. To Canada xD
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Haha. You totally set these traps for me then? <3
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Story #2 is totally a trap, yes. :D
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