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Plane almost upside-down after co-pilot presses wrong button
(Thanks to The Perts)
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September 30, 2011
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Just be thankful he couldn't hit the eject button with the door locked and the pilot outside.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | September 30, 2011 at 01:52 PM
Better instructors wanted.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 30, 2011 at 02:04 PM
$ 50 up charge added to ticket for in-flight thrills
Posted by: Clankazoid | September 30, 2011 at 02:11 PM
"Four passengers reported health problems following the incident."
Posted by: Guin | September 30, 2011 at 03:18 PM
famous last words, "hey, what's this button d..."
Posted by: max | September 30, 2011 at 04:30 PM
"Oops - my bad, people."
*sound of general barfing through the cabin*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 30, 2011 at 04:49 PM
I had no idea pilots were trained in Oklahoma:
"Hold my beer and watch this."
Posted by: hogsatemysister | September 30, 2011 at 06:00 PM
This should have been a scene from "Airplane!" Co-pilot scans the complicated control board and reaches to press a button. Camera zooms in to show the button is labeled "FLY UPSIDE DOWN"...
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 30, 2011 at 06:29 PM
Allen, one of my favorite parts in Airplane was the auto pilot. This is exactly what happens when you give a former Blue Angel a commercial pilots license. Mistake my foot!
Posted by: nursecindy | September 30, 2011 at 10:57 PM
When the Boeing 707 was new and being demonstrated to potential customers, test pilot Tex Johnson performed a barrel roll. So it can be done. But this guy is no Tex Johnson.
Posted by: Ernie G | October 01, 2011 at 08:58 AM
The manoeuvre happened when the co-pilot, in trying to unlock the cockpit door for the captain who was returning from the toilet...
I told you to go before we left the tarmac!
Posted by: wanderer2575 | October 01, 2011 at 09:59 AM
How do you say, "Wheeeeeeee!" in Japanese?
Posted by: Mickie | October 01, 2011 at 11:52 AM