scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> > We were coming in for landing at Sumburgh in a Dash 8, when it happened. At a
> > guess we were about 200 ~ 300 feet up, not very high anyway. The incident
> > quietened the plane down a bit.
>
> Oh OK that makes it a bit scarier - I thought you meant you were taxiing
> :-) I know planes are meant to be able to fly with one failed engine
> (assuming they have more than one obviously) but you really don't want
> that happening so close to the ground...

No, my taxiing story is when I was in a helicopter by a window. When I saw oil
streaming down it. Yup, off with the seat belt and leaned into the cabin to tell
the crew. (A filler cap had been left untightened.) Or the friend whose chopper
was hit by lightning also had the joy of sitting next to the door when it fell
off. (I never liked to travel with him, BTW)

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