Klintbergare?

[Thomas Åkerblad]

Klippte detta från en sydafrikansk chatlista. Vad tror ni - är det en vandringssägen, dvs en Klintbergare? Ni kanske t o m har hört den förut?

"Hi everyone,

I had this sent to me from a Zimbabwe friend now living in Auckland.
With very best wishes

Sue

>
>This article also appeared in the SA Financial Mail, in the "Did you
>Hear?" column.
>__________________________________________________________
>
>This is a true story entitled "Choppy Skies - A White-knuckle
>Flight on Air Zimbabwe" by Gaby Plattner. It was published in the
>Chicago Tribune 'Travel Section', for Sunday, June 6, 1999. It seems
>that Plattner was travelling with a backpacking group through Africa
>as they found themselves waiting in Kariba airport for a flight to
>Hwange. The story is picked up at this point....
>
>
>... Our flight was delayed, so we settled down to wait. And wait.
>Three hours later, we were finally told the plane was ready to
>board. Air Zimbabwe bought many of its planes second-hand from other
>airlines, and the one we got into was no exception. Dirty and
>ancient, the mid-size jetliner was clearly one that on one else had
>wanted.
>
>Inside, we settled into the seats with 80 or 90 other passengers and waited.
>And waited some more.
>Finally, the pilot's voice came over the loudspeaker,
>"We're all ready to go, ladies and gentlemen. However, we've been
>waiting for the co-pilot, and he still hasn't arrived. Since we've
>already waited so long, we're just going to be flying without a
>co-pilot today."
>There was a nervous buzz through the cabin. He continued,
>"If any of you feel uncomfortable with this, feel free to disembark
>now and Air Zimbabwe will put you on the next available flight to
>Hwange." Here he paused... "Unfortunately, we are not sure when that
>will be. But rest assured, I have flown this route hundreds of
>times, we have clear blue skies, and there are no foreseeable
>problems."
>
>No one in Plattner's group, doubtful as they may have been, wanted
>to wait any longer at Kariba for a plane that may or may not
>materialize, so they stayed on board for the one-hour flight. Once
>the aircraft reached cruising altitude, the pilot came on the
>loudspeaker again,
>"Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to use the bathroom. I have put
>the plane on auto-pilot and everything will be fine. I just don't
>want you to worry."
>That said, he came out of the cockpit, fastened the door open with a
>rubber band to a hook on the wall. Then he went to the bathroom.
>Plattner continues: Suddenly, we hit a patch of turbulence. Nothing
>much, the cabin just shook a little for a moment. But the rubber
>band snapped off with a loud 'ping' and went sailing down the aisle.
>The door promptly swung shut. A moment later, the pilot came out of
>the bathroom. When he saw the closed door, he stopped cold. I
>watched him from the back and wondered what was wrong. The
>stewardess came running up, and together they both tried to open the
>door. But it wouldn't budge. It slowly dawned on me that our pilot
>was locked out of the cockpit. Cockpit doors lock automatically from
>the inside to prevent terorists from entering. Without a co-pilot,
>there was no one to open the door from the inside.
>
>By now, the rest of the passengers had become aware of the problem,
>and we watched the pilot, horrified. What would he do? After a
>moment of contemplation, the pilot hurried to the back of the plane.
>He returned holding a big axe.
>
>Without ceremony, he proceeded to chop down the cockpit door. We
>were rooted to our seats as we watched him.
>
>Once he managed to chop a hole in the door, he reached inside,
>unlocked the door, and let himself back in. Then he came on the
>loudspeaker, his voice a little shakier this time than before,
>"Ah, ladies and gentlemen, we just had a little problem there, but
>everything is fine now. We have plans to cover every eventuality,
>even pilots getting locked out of their cockpits. So relax and enjoy
>the rest of the flight!"

Mvh/Thomas Å

[Lars Sundin]

Hej Thomas!

Jag har inte hört historien förut. Den är mycket bra, men tyvärr (eller skall man kanske säga lyckligtvis?) falsk.



Den ställde till en hel del elände för den som först berättade den.

Se http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/fireaxe.asp där man även kan läsa om andra liknande händelser. Man får väl anta att den sista som nämns är sann.

Säkerhetsanordningar kan ibland motverka sitt syfte.

Lars S

[Håkan Dackegård]

Den här historien spreds live som en löpeld när jag var på Boeing, en 737 hade taxat in till en Gate på Seatac och dörren till förarkabinen var i baklås. Dramat pågick i ett par timmar, det hade samlats mycket folk som stod och tittade ned i kabinen och nån rapporterade vidare till en kompis inne på Boeing att piloterna var väldigt nödiga, därav det stora intresset - där jag satt var vi ett trälhav på ca 5 000 personer
Mer kiss och bajs: Känner passageraren som flög med det Stora Skogsbolagets plan söderut från Värmland, fanns ingen toalett ombord så de måste bara helt enkelt mellanlanda i Norrköping. Det var full kris och litet jobbigt var att hans situation hade spritts sig på flygplatsen, så han fick gå med knäna ihop 100m in till terminalen med ögon i vartenda fönster som kollade hur det här skulle sluta

Antar att det här är flyghistoria med viss tvekan - hoppas jag inte råkar illa ut