AA 777 makes emergency landing in the Aleutians

[MikeD]

Almost saw Shemya the other day. It's usually under the goop. Everytime I pass over it I think to myself..."What does one have to screw up to end up on Shemya?" Then again I also figure it is probably full of scientists and spooks. Anyone have some insight?

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Not too far off. Used to be a forward operating base for USAF RC-135 intel gathering planes back in the day.

 

[derg]

Well, the worst case scenario is clearly snakes on a plane.

 

[ppragman]

Almost saw Shemya the other day. It's usually under the goop. Everytime I pass over it I think to myself..."What does one have to screw up to end up on Shemya?" Then again I also figure it is probably full of scientists and spooks. Anyone have some insight?

+1 for a cargo fire being the worse case scenario. That stretch of the Pacific is pretty limited for options, it's Shemya or Petropavlovsk and they aren't close to each other.

Farthest out I've ever been has been IKO. But from those I've talked to, Sya is kind of a rat hole.

 

[Boris Badenov]

I'll bet they didn't even cancel IFR till they were at the gate. Freakin' Sky-Nazis.

 

[ASpilot2be]

Almost saw Shemya the other day. It's usually under the goop. Everytime I pass over it I think to myself..."What does one have to screw up to end up on Shemya?" Then again I also figure it is probably full of scientists and spooks. Anyone have some insight?

When I work with the G-II crew that goes out there next I will ask them. But as far as I know it is just a radar site.

 

[Table Two]

Turn the air UP?

Whenever I hear that from a F/A...








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[Orange Anchor]

Well, the worst case scenario is clearly snakes on a plane.

Nope. Electric FBW snakes ON FIRE!