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TACA flight 110, any old timers remember?
Posted on 10/25/20 at 1:56 am
Posted on 10/25/20 at 1:56 am
737 emergency landing on a levee
While going down a YouTube rabbit hole, I ran across this story. In 1988, a 737 on approach to New Orleans has a double engine flameout. The pilot sticks the landing on a levee near New Orleans.
Any posters on here remember this story?
While going down a YouTube rabbit hole, I ran across this story. In 1988, a 737 on approach to New Orleans has a double engine flameout. The pilot sticks the landing on a levee near New Orleans.
Any posters on here remember this story?
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Posted on 10/25/20 at 2:36 am to SoFla Tideroller
Yes, landed in New Orleans East if I recall. Good job by the pilots. I thought they ran out of fuel though......
Posted on 10/25/20 at 2:37 am to SoFla Tideroller
I don’t remember the story but I did fly TACA a few times to Mexico or British Honduras. The joke was that it stood for Take A Chance Airline so your story is not a surprise.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 3:24 am to SoFla Tideroller
The pilot was named Dardano. I know his son who is now a pilot.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 3:48 am to SoFla Tideroller
Saw an Air Disasters about it. They changed out the engines and flew it back out of there. That’s pretty amazing.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 4:11 am to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
The pilot did a helluva job landing it there. He was Sully before Sully.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 4:25 am to SoFla Tideroller
Landed at the Michoud Assembly Facility along the intercoastal canal. He ran into a hail storm that knocked out the engines. It was raining very heavy on the ground when he touched down. Heard the story from a guys that worked there back then. He was working at one of the buildings near the levy taking a smoke and said all of a sudden a silent jet went by and set down on the grass not far from where he was.
They towed it out of the grass, took out all the seats, put new engines on and just enough fuel to make Moisant. Said it took off like a rocket and flew over the green monster on its way out.
They towed it out of the grass, took out all the seats, put new engines on and just enough fuel to make Moisant. Said it took off like a rocket and flew over the green monster on its way out.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 5:58 am to 200MPHCOBRA
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He was working at one of the buildings near the levy taking a smoke and said all of a sudden a silent jet went by and set down on the grass not far from where he was.
That will wake you up.
Mess it just an open field? Lucky it didn’t get stuck.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 6:30 am to SoFla Tideroller
Take
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Airlines
A
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Airlines
Posted on 10/25/20 at 7:04 am to Guido Merkens
There was a picture of it at my office when I worked at MAF.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 7:43 am to SoFla Tideroller
Flew taca to Belize in 1992. Great flight. Drinking, smoking cigs, while federal agents bring 6-10 deportees in cuffs on to plane. Uncuffed and left the plane. Believe plane was headed to Honduras on second leg.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 7:54 am to SoFla Tideroller
Flew TACA a lot years back. We always called it Take A Chance Again Airlines. Had landings in Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador that I don't care to go through again, ever.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 8:08 am to SoFla Tideroller
Flew Taca once for honeymoon going into Belize than a hop to Honduras.
It was maybe one of the more enjoyable flights I’ve had.
It was maybe one of the more enjoyable flights I’ve had.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 10:00 am to Jobu93
Cocktails at 8am right after takeoff, daily news paper to read and more cocktails when close to landing. I was 18 and loved TACA.
Posted on 10/25/20 at 10:25 am to SoFla Tideroller
Amazing job by the pilots. That plane was only about a month old. It flew for TACA for a while after and then with Southwest for a few years until they retired it in 2017.
The captain was blind in one eye after being wounded during the El Salvador civil war.
The captain was blind in one eye after being wounded during the El Salvador civil war.
This post was edited on 10/25/20 at 10:26 am
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