Well that was an exciting flight August 1, 2008
We came back from Belfast two days ago, and we nearly died.
About half way down the runway, our pilot slammed on the breaks and pulled out of takeoff, because apparently all the error lights came on (apparently it was too slow). So the send in the engineers, and their only advice: “use more power nextime”. So we lined up again, everyone was a little more than nervous really, since we had no idea what was wrong. The pilit definitely used more power, we were airbourne in about 3 seconds, and 100m of runway.
The flight was then fine until landing, when, about 100m above the ground, we had to speed up suddenly, because the plane wasn’t going to make it to the runway.
Turns out the engine was either a) full power or b) almost no power. That’s called fail. Still, it was exciting as well as shite-scary.
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August 5th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
What airline was this?
August 5th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
FlyBe. Apparently the day after one of their planes was grounded after the cockpit filled with smoke!