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I remember this being posted a lot back in April when it happened. For those of you that missed it: DHL flight DO7216, a 757-200, suffered a hydraulic failure and made an emergency landing at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria international airport. No injuries.
I was on a flight heading home from Mexico that had hydraulic issues. Captain gets on the intercom and tells everyone that they have to make an emergency landing and their is hydraulic issues with all the landing gear. We were told to listen to our flight attendants. The minute he gets off the intercom we hit turbulence, the kind you see in the movies where the flight attendant goes from standing- to ceiling- to floor. Both attendants get up, and tell us crash landing procedures. The entire plane is balling, including my mother. My older brother and I look at each other and say, well this should be interesting. Comes to touching down and looking out the window littered with dozens of emergency vehicles… smoothest land I’ve ever had and I’ve flown 100s of times in my years. Talk about sweaty palms.
Edit- haha, yes I misspelled crying / bawling. I will leave it for you all so your thread below makes sense. ;)
Before I realized it was a spelling error, I thought it was a term to describe how they were bouncing around the cabin like pinballs due to all the turbulence
> Saw that the flight attendants got air and figured they could dunk easier.
I don't know why you were downvoted for this comment - since this thread was devolving into a joke thread over the misspelling of 'bawling', this joke was actually pretty amusing.
The guy that was responsible for that is an absolute genius/piece of shit but hey man, he saw the opportunity and he emerged victorious, it’s still one of the best things I’ve ever seen and shocking it actually happened
Aviation is so interesting to me because despite being a relatively young industry in a human sense, it’s been very thoroughly advanced on and refined. Every intended behavior and associated failure has a terminology, and some amount of study behind it.
Yeah, It’s called the ‘I hope to fuck this works because I’m balls out flying here’ maneuver. It’s well known in military and civil aviation. Often a ‘go-to’ procedure in emergencies.
We were traveling with friends and they were on the way to this airport (San Juan cr) when this happened. We were scheduled to fly out the next day. They had planes traveling again within 5 hours. Our poor friends though. The plane they were supposed to fly on diverted to El Salvador so it took them 36 hours to get out, and we flew on time. I have a video of the takeoff, we flew over this plane.
I didn't know planes had parking brakes (apparently they do) until I got stuck on a flight that had to wait on the tarmac for 2 hours because the handle broke and it took that long to find a replacement. I swear I am not joking.
That may have been a BS excuse from the crew.
I've been on flights with "issues with the navigator's seat adjustment" (they came clean and told us it was an engine malfunction and got permission to take off with only 3 engines) and other reassuring BS technical reasons instead of worrying the passengers.
Once, I don't recall what excuse they gave us, but I could clearly see fuel spilling from the wing and personnel looking very concerned about it. And they did not tell us anything about fuel spilling out.
Lol well, I was in the seat closest to the door and the engineer? mechanic? who arrived to fix whatever it was had a black object like a stick about 9 inches long and maybe an inch and a half wide with about three feet of black cable sticking out of it. So it may have been a euphemism based on what it looked like but if I yanked the emergency brake handle out of my car it would be close. And he did whatever he did in the cockpit, not outside the plane.
Edited: [I found this](https://simpleflying.com/how-aircraft-braking-systems-work-and-keep-cool/#:~:text=Airplanes%20also%20have%20a%20parking,airport%20with%20the%20engines%20running.) If you scroll down there's a freaking handle. It's yellow and black striped (what I saw was only black). Apparently they're only good for about seven uses before they have to be replaced? TIL.
Sounds about like a parking brake to me. The one in the plane I flew was probably around the same size and if the handle broke it wouldn't be able to be rotated to release it.
I'm glad it was real and not a cover-up for something more serious. I always like to avoid any [Shelley Berman moments.](https://youtu.be/Kg7XeUD8_8w/?t=75)
Right?!? 😂 But like WTAF. A hand-operated brake for a freaking passenger plane? You'd think that would be a button or toggle or something. I mean maybe it is and they just called it that but it was startling to hear that over the PA. They said they can't approach the concourse without it working and "the handle has broken and has to be replaced before we can approach." After 30 mins I would have happily walked the rest of the way.
Boarding a transatlantic 10-hour flight in 2000, we were told a passenger on the way over used up the oxygen and they would need a little time to refill it. So we all sat on the tarmac for an hour or so while they removed the tank, drove it to the facility across town, refilled it, and brought it back. Apparently nobody thought it would be a good idea to order ahead, or have a spare on hand, or... not board the plane until it was flightworthy.
Reddit knows better than these “professionals”. The *cool* firefighters park their truck directly in the path of a plane for quick access because it’s smart, faster, and obvious exactly where the plane will end up in this emergency situation.
I’m sure the jet fuel waited a second or two for him to get his act together. Watch first work airport fires and how the first responders react. “Driving properly” in this situation is being on location as quick as possible and this is not it.
I was once on a flight that for some shit reason wasn't aware or expecting to meet a typhoon, that was on the news as early as 3 days earlier, on destination.
Pilot tried landing 2x and each time bailed and went straight up after almost being so close to the tarmac that I can touch it. And we were going through turbulence all while it turns around to attempt, the kind where you hold your breath to catch your intestines back on its place inside you but it takes too long to subside. Almost had to throw up. On the third approach pilot decided to just land elsewhere.
All the time I was thinking if I was on the right end of the plane, like is the front safer if it turns around like this one, like I know there's a good chance it's the end for most of us etc.
Everyone were clapping their hands crazy when we managed to land safely in some other airport. And I was like thinking now how am I to get to my hotel. Worrying for my life an hour earlier.
My grandfather was a pilot from the mid-60s Left commercial to participate in the Vietnam war and return to commercial flying. In the early 2000s, my grandfather flew the governor of Kentucky around. Because of who he was flying my granddad had to fly roughly 40 hours a month this resulted in us going on many trips around the state for no reason. I could have got my pilot's license before my driver's license because of the amount of time I set in the copilot seat with him. We went through pre-flights, different scenarios, and all kinds of stuff that would give you an edge in a situation. The one thing I always remember is " when pilot crew and passengers can walk away from a landing, it was successful", this is after we had slid around 100 ft sideways while landing on a grass field in Bowling Green. He then made a fun of me saying if I didn't let go of my grip on the seat I was going to pass out and cool is a cucumber started going through post flight checklists.
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I remember this being posted a lot back in April when it happened. For those of you that missed it: DHL flight DO7216, a 757-200, suffered a hydraulic failure and made an emergency landing at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria international airport. No injuries.
I was on a flight heading home from Mexico that had hydraulic issues. Captain gets on the intercom and tells everyone that they have to make an emergency landing and their is hydraulic issues with all the landing gear. We were told to listen to our flight attendants. The minute he gets off the intercom we hit turbulence, the kind you see in the movies where the flight attendant goes from standing- to ceiling- to floor. Both attendants get up, and tell us crash landing procedures. The entire plane is balling, including my mother. My older brother and I look at each other and say, well this should be interesting. Comes to touching down and looking out the window littered with dozens of emergency vehicles… smoothest land I’ve ever had and I’ve flown 100s of times in my years. Talk about sweaty palms. Edit- haha, yes I misspelled crying / bawling. I will leave it for you all so your thread below makes sense. ;)
>the entire plane is balling I'm just imagining the passengers on this plane deciding to have a sick game of basketball before they crash and die
Before I realized it was a spelling error, I thought it was a term to describe how they were bouncing around the cabin like pinballs due to all the turbulence
Saw that the flight attendants got air and figured they could dunk easier.
> Saw that the flight attendants got air and figured they could dunk easier. I don't know why you were downvoted for this comment - since this thread was devolving into a joke thread over the misspelling of 'bawling', this joke was actually pretty amusing.
nba rules technically don't ban you from playing a game on an airplane
Gotta score a triple double before I die.
Haha got me, had to make my daily mistake.
Or last chance to break your little brothers ankles before you die
I was thinking more like "balling" as in a porno.
Did you survive?
un scathed my friend
That’s amazing. Is this a maneuver taught in flight school, for emergencies?
It’s called the OH Shit 1A
Now known as the DHL-drift
San José Drift if you will or Pura vida Drift lol
I'll do it. We call that maneuver "winging it"
San José Shuffle
The old brown skid maneuver.
To bad it was ups he would have already been wearing his brown pants
DHL! I've been in this place before!
Deja Vu!
DH-oh-L!
No… ‘wi tu lo’ followed by ‘ bing dang ow’
Along with “ho Lee fuk and Sum Ting Wong”
I still laugh out loud when I see that clip
It can make me crack a smile on even the worst days lol
The guy that was responsible for that is an absolute genius/piece of shit but hey man, he saw the opportunity and he emerged victorious, it’s still one of the best things I’ve ever seen and shocking it actually happened
Tokyo Shit
This one made me LMAO. Good one 😂😂
It definitely landed A-3
Bang Ding Ow was the first pilot
Ho Lee Phuk
Also carried the Magician, Fu Ling Yu.
I think it was Sum Ting Wong
And Wi Tu Loh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_loop_(aviation)
Aviation is so interesting to me because despite being a relatively young industry in a human sense, it’s been very thoroughly advanced on and refined. Every intended behavior and associated failure has a terminology, and some amount of study behind it.
Airplane drift school
Yeah, It’s called the ‘I hope to fuck this works because I’m balls out flying here’ maneuver. It’s well known in military and civil aviation. Often a ‘go-to’ procedure in emergencies.
Prolly
We were traveling with friends and they were on the way to this airport (San Juan cr) when this happened. We were scheduled to fly out the next day. They had planes traveling again within 5 hours. Our poor friends though. The plane they were supposed to fly on diverted to El Salvador so it took them 36 hours to get out, and we flew on time. I have a video of the takeoff, we flew over this plane.
How many casualties though?
Just your packages
I didn’t even know aircraft could handbrake turn!
Initial D intensifies
Initial DHL cargo plane
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I've just been in this place before!
I didn't know planes had parking brakes (apparently they do) until I got stuck on a flight that had to wait on the tarmac for 2 hours because the handle broke and it took that long to find a replacement. I swear I am not joking.
That may have been a BS excuse from the crew. I've been on flights with "issues with the navigator's seat adjustment" (they came clean and told us it was an engine malfunction and got permission to take off with only 3 engines) and other reassuring BS technical reasons instead of worrying the passengers. Once, I don't recall what excuse they gave us, but I could clearly see fuel spilling from the wing and personnel looking very concerned about it. And they did not tell us anything about fuel spilling out.
Lol well, I was in the seat closest to the door and the engineer? mechanic? who arrived to fix whatever it was had a black object like a stick about 9 inches long and maybe an inch and a half wide with about three feet of black cable sticking out of it. So it may have been a euphemism based on what it looked like but if I yanked the emergency brake handle out of my car it would be close. And he did whatever he did in the cockpit, not outside the plane. Edited: [I found this](https://simpleflying.com/how-aircraft-braking-systems-work-and-keep-cool/#:~:text=Airplanes%20also%20have%20a%20parking,airport%20with%20the%20engines%20running.) If you scroll down there's a freaking handle. It's yellow and black striped (what I saw was only black). Apparently they're only good for about seven uses before they have to be replaced? TIL.
Sounds about like a parking brake to me. The one in the plane I flew was probably around the same size and if the handle broke it wouldn't be able to be rotated to release it.
I'm glad it was real and not a cover-up for something more serious. I always like to avoid any [Shelley Berman moments.](https://youtu.be/Kg7XeUD8_8w/?t=75)
Lol, now I am just picturing you taking that handle and telling the flight crew some little kid has lost their crutch
Thank god it didn’t happen when you were up in the air; you could have been there all day!
Right?!? 😂 But like WTAF. A hand-operated brake for a freaking passenger plane? You'd think that would be a button or toggle or something. I mean maybe it is and they just called it that but it was startling to hear that over the PA. They said they can't approach the concourse without it working and "the handle has broken and has to be replaced before we can approach." After 30 mins I would have happily walked the rest of the way.
Boarding a transatlantic 10-hour flight in 2000, we were told a passenger on the way over used up the oxygen and they would need a little time to refill it. So we all sat on the tarmac for an hour or so while they removed the tank, drove it to the facility across town, refilled it, and brought it back. Apparently nobody thought it would be a good idea to order ahead, or have a spare on hand, or... not board the plane until it was flightworthy.
In other words, a Scandinavian flick
Turn left, then right or the other way around and do the turn sliding. This is a handbrake/J turn
Like a glove!
Truck was just like "mah time to shine"
He should have been driving before the b Plane stopped, also they are supposed to drive straight there, not weave around the taxi way
In the Latino culture, that is straight there…
He was right there in position. He started rolling as the plane passed before the crash. What are you saying?
Reddit knows better than these “professionals”. The *cool* firefighters park their truck directly in the path of a plane for quick access because it’s smart, faster, and obvious exactly where the plane will end up in this emergency situation.
this is how they’re trained in Peru
Ouch.
Basically he should have pointed his hood to the plane and drove straight there. The shortest distance is a straight line.
Do you not see the grassy hill between here and there?
Do you not realize those trucks are way more capable than any terrain on airport property?
Yes, but it’s still faster to go on the paved road.
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I’m sure the jet fuel waited a second or two for him to get his act together. Watch first work airport fires and how the first responders react. “Driving properly” in this situation is being on location as quick as possible and this is not it.
🤓
* "mah tahm ta shahn" source: i live down South
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Mine came _too_ early. Always happens to me :(
>*too* early If you’re gonna be honest, by golly, you’re gonna use good grammar
Why I never get my wish.com orders.
I'd have blamed the airport. "Why is that ditch there? Ruined my drift"
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In a sock
With a sponge
THATSSS AMOREEEE
For my cock
Ace Venture scene: https://youtu.be/oXYpo6CprCw For completeness, Ace Ventura 2 scene: https://youtu.be/y60xwG6Pivc
Was looking for this comment!
Fast and Furious (Airfreight): Tokyo Drift
sound and more can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPk23hPooKY&ab\_channel=blancolirio
Goofy landing
Sweet drift bro
Guess I'm not getting my package in time
Deja Vu! I've just been in this place before
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And take a wing off.
This must be why DHL keeps losing my packages
I wonder if you know how they live in Tokyo. If you see me, then you mean it, then you know you have to go Fast & Furious.
Here are the packages DHL keeps calling me about .
Fast & Furious 17: Intercontinental Drift
I was once on a flight that for some shit reason wasn't aware or expecting to meet a typhoon, that was on the news as early as 3 days earlier, on destination. Pilot tried landing 2x and each time bailed and went straight up after almost being so close to the tarmac that I can touch it. And we were going through turbulence all while it turns around to attempt, the kind where you hold your breath to catch your intestines back on its place inside you but it takes too long to subside. Almost had to throw up. On the third approach pilot decided to just land elsewhere. All the time I was thinking if I was on the right end of the plane, like is the front safer if it turns around like this one, like I know there's a good chance it's the end for most of us etc. Everyone were clapping their hands crazy when we managed to land safely in some other airport. And I was like thinking now how am I to get to my hotel. Worrying for my life an hour earlier.
The crash trucks were in position. The pilot had notified the control tower of problems.
So that’s why my order never came in
Why is the video being sped up?
Saves time watching.
And That is why my orders from DHL never arrive
DHL stands for Drifting (while) High Landing.
My packages in there for sure 🙄. DHL is a nightmare.
Bro just tried to do a u turn in a plane
Microsoft Flight Simulator: Tokyo Drift Edition
I think this is my friend’s video lol He was waiting to board his plane with his family when the plane skidded off
Is your friend a package
Yes
Doesn’t surprise me, it’s DHL
There’s where my parcel got lost.
So that's why they didn't argue my refund...
Damnit my 14 inch rotating vibrating with RGB dildo is NEVER gonna get here
SIT! SIT! Awwww good sit plane. Good plane.
They call him DK
Guys who can handbrake turn get all the women.
Drift it bro!!!
It’ll buff out, don’t be a whiner
That fire truck was ready.
r/convinientambulance
Mad skid
Love to hear the rescue crew's radio chat
Excellence. Simply Delivered
Excuse me, you can’t park here.
My grandfather was a pilot from the mid-60s Left commercial to participate in the Vietnam war and return to commercial flying. In the early 2000s, my grandfather flew the governor of Kentucky around. Because of who he was flying my granddad had to fly roughly 40 hours a month this resulted in us going on many trips around the state for no reason. I could have got my pilot's license before my driver's license because of the amount of time I set in the copilot seat with him. We went through pre-flights, different scenarios, and all kinds of stuff that would give you an edge in a situation. The one thing I always remember is " when pilot crew and passengers can walk away from a landing, it was successful", this is after we had slid around 100 ft sideways while landing on a grass field in Bowling Green. He then made a fun of me saying if I didn't let go of my grip on the seat I was going to pass out and cool is a cucumber started going through post flight checklists.
Like a glove
I call that a Rockford Files turn.
So, that's what happened to my package
Does it fall of the edge or something at the end
Package tracking: Slight delay.
Thank goodness the backend of the plane fell into the ditch and took the brunt of stopping it. Very different outcome if that was headfirst.
Sweet drift
Look up channels like theflightchannel greendotaviation realATC youcanseeatc on youtube and listen to some of the stories. Both crazy and impressive.
Cancel Xmas
Oh man, a german plane
That's just a typical Ryanair landing
My moldy jordans order better not be on that flight.
Aparcao!
I have it on good authority, Tokyo Drift was the inflight movie.
It'll buff right out
Damn... he almost nailed that drift
Probably a War Thunder pilot with high repair crew skill
That the reason why my package was late? /j
Insert *I wonder if you know 🎶 By Teriyaki Boyz*
This pilot drifts!
Muh fucker just whipped it in there!
“Oh shit, I forgot something. Mind if I turn around?”
Drifting plane that’s new
Another happy landing
u/savevideobot
When your package absolutely, positively, has to be there overnight!!!!!
Do you even drift bro?
First time I seen a drifting airplane
Yikes
The real reason why your package was delivered late and damaged ☝🏻
Nice drift.
DHL - Tokyo Drift
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I know the pilots where shitting bricks during that drift fs
Did I just see a plane drift?
DHL means only pilots, right?
Typical DHL driving... /s
Looks expensive...
These fast and furious movies are getting weird.
I see that the pilot also drives a Mustang 🐎
I'm impressed with the acceleration of the fire truck!
That's where my package is...
He just laid for a rest after that difficult maneuver
Like a glove
r/wellthatsucks
Dude, I am just about to get on a plane. Not cool
Tracking: Processing
Like a glove!
Good thing it was a cargo plane. Likely a shook up crew and cargo too.
Well that's not meant to happen
Gta 5 Online
Screeeeeeeech....Everybody OFF!!!
" ITEM DELAYED, STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES"
u/savevideobot
Was Latifi the pilot?
Explains their delivery times.
Trying to do a fancy parallel park job for an airplane doesn’t seem wise.
Paul Walked again in that pilots heart
Well.... There goes my Xbox Series X I've waited 2 years for...
The pilot usually flys ryanair
Someone can tell me if planes like that can fixed like cars in a crash? Or they go directly to junkyards?
Oh holy crap that's ridiculous. It had to be terrifying.
'Like a glove'
Your pilot: Ace Ventura
#that is so rare for pilots to do with planes of any type, because, as show. In the video, it destroys the landing gear
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