Near death experience.

pete01 · 2026-04-09T15:13:40+0100

The landing of our flight today hit the tarmac and had to take off and circle and have a 2nd attempt....

Since this experience I've got a newfound respect for life....

(I just hope the pilot was reaching for a sandwich)

Wise up (TM)

Brigadier · 2026-04-09T15:29:47+0100

Chin up

morqthana · 2026-04-09T15:31:55+0100

Always remember that (apart from a tiny number of incredibly rare instances) the pilot wants to live just as much as you.

pete01 · 2026-04-09T15:33:15+0100

morqthana said:
Always remember that (apart from a tiny number of incredibly rare instances) the pilot wants to live just as much as you.

I don't doubt that

And next time 200 people are crapping themselves I'll show them your message

Highway Man · 2026-04-09T15:52:34+0100

pete01 said:
The landing of our flight today hit the tarmac and had to take off and circle and have a 2nd attempt....

Since this experience I've got a newfound respect for life....

(I just hope the pilot was reaching for a sandwich)

Wise up (TM)

Man up [TM]

noseall · 2026-04-09T16:02:02+0100

pete01 said:
The landing of our flight today hit the tarmac and had to take off and circle and have a 2nd attempt....

Since this experience I've got a newfound respect for life....

(I just hope the pilot was reaching for a sandwich)

Wise up (TM)

You want to be thankful you didn't have to land elsewhere.

We had a similar experience a few years back whereby we were above the rooftops with Manchester runway almost beneath and he hit the gas. We ended up at Liverpool (I think). That's when the fun started. We had to wait ages to re-fuel, ( because of the high TOAL demand) and then even longer for the push back, as there was only one on duty. It was fun watching the captain pay for the fuel with his card though.

The hairiest landing I've ever encountered was in the middle of Storm Dennis. The captain was a cool as a cucumber and merely apologised for it getting 'a bit choppy'.

aveatry · 2026-04-09T16:03:06+0100

pete01 said:
The landing of our flight today hit the tarmac and had to take off and circle and have a 2nd attempt....

Since this experience I've got a newfound respect for life....

(I just hope the pilot was reaching for a sandwich)

Wise up (TM)

Hope it was not Ryan Ir as they would probably charge you for the extra fuel

pete01 · 2026-04-09T16:04:03+0100

noseall said:
You want to be thankful you didn't have to land elsewhere.

I was thinking that, with my car at Birmingham it would have been a nightmare.

pete01 · 2026-04-09T16:04:57+0100

aveatry said:
Hope it was not Ryan Ir as they would probably charge you for the extra fuel

Na dunno if better or worse but Jet2

Highway Man · 2026-04-09T16:06:28+0100

aveatry said:
Hope it was not Ryan Ir as they would probably charge you for the extra fuel

I expect Pete would have avoided that by the pilot taking one look at him and knowing he would probably be down to his last Euro.

pete01 · 2026-04-09T16:07:44+0100

Highway Man said:
I expect Pete would have avoided that by the pilot taking one look at him and knowing he would probably be down to his last Euro.

You expect right, I don't have any Euros left

Highway Man · 2026-04-09T16:08:21+0100

pete01 said:
You expect right, I don't have any Euros left

I know [TM]

noseall · 2026-04-09T16:09:41+0100

pete01 said:
I was thinking that, with my car at Birmingham it would have been a nightmare.

He took off again a few hours later and we ended up back at Manchester.

pete01 · 2026-04-09T16:12:57+0100

noseall said:
He took off again a few hours later and we ended up back at Manchester.

My last few holidays have been eventful, im beginning to think a cruise from Southampton might be easier.

Highway Man · 2026-04-09T16:13:32+0100

pete01 said:
My last few holidays have been eventful, im beginning to think a cruise from Southampton might be easier.

OMG please don't

Near death experience.

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