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more about #thefriendlyskies more comments → Rozelle’s Bagman: I hate when that happens. /5th grade more » The Real JR: I'm figuring the pilots were also on their laptops checking Facebook when they were supposed to be paying attention to Heavy Clouds(tm) and ZOMG!Lava. more » Wrapitup: Will no one consider the feelings of the lava? You struggle valiantly to emerge from the bowels of the earth, you're dying of heat stroke and just whe... more » zibnchy: OK this line in the AP news story completely cracked me up: "Radio Okapi said the plane was flying from Kinshasa to Goma on Thursday and passengers h... more » Mount_Prion: Thankfully, the lava only does periodic damage. So if you time your jumps right, it'll maybe only hit you once. more » SidAndFinancy: In retrospect, using these as runway beacons might have been ill-advised. more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: Luckily, Captain Adetokunbo "Sully" Achebe set that plane down like an indentured nanny setting a baby Afrikaner in a crib. more » Adah: The lava was hardened. Still: 1.) Who builds an airport next to a volcano? and, 2.) Why did the original AP story fail to mention that the lava was h... more » resipsaloquacious: Captain Yllus declined to comment. more » Spirit Fingers: Erm, I can't imagine anything more absolutely horrific than landing in lava. I'm sure upon seeing lava approaching out the window, the knowledge of su... more » New Gonzo Drifter: There are always plane accidents/incidents in Goma ... when they quote "lava," they actually mean the hardened lava outlying the area from the eruptio... more » rudi_freude: Sully would've landed it in magma and still be cool. more » Unsolicited Advice: We had to put the landing strip next to the volcanic fissure! All of the villagers were complaining about noise! more » Mo MoDo: Sounds like he was on the Rush Limbaugh Underage Girls and Illegal Drugs package tour. #crazies more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: The combination of Benadryl, sleeplessness and being a complete fuckbag often results in outbursts like this one. #crazies more » -
#surprise
Real-time headline-reactions: "Plane misses runway in east Congo..." Well, it happens."...landing in lava." CHRIST.
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#thefriendlyskies
Sleepless Benadryl-Crazed PR Man Just Wanted Some Wine, Officer
Washington, DC PR man David Bass has a perfectly good explanation for why he was charged with a felony for disrupting a flight: He was all hopped up on Benadryl! He was awake traveling for fivethree days! He wanted wine! More » -
#miracleonthehudson
Sully Was Cool, But Passengers Were Like 'We're So Dead'
Ice-cold saintly hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger didn't blink after the engines on his plane failed, forcing him into a death-defying river landing. The passengers, on the other hand, were totally freaked the fuck out. Book excerpt, ho! More » -
#thefriendlyskies
Sully Type Lands Plane After It Gets a Hole, For Christ's Sake
A Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to Baltimore last night made an unscheduled stop in West Virginia. Because a hole "appeared" in the plane, in the same sense that a meteor "appeared" over the Yucatan, then obliterated the dinosaurs. More » -
#airrage
HBO Exec Angry, Litigious Over Missing Obama's Speech
Sheila Nevins, HBO documentary films president and overall entertainment industry big shot, was very mad she couldn't watch Obama's inauguration live from her first class airplane seat. But were the cops and lawyers necessary? More »
