Pilot Mistakes Venus for Oncoming Aircraft, Sends Plane Into Nosedive

Posted: April 17, 2012 in Humour

Reblogged from NewsFeed:

We’d never expect a pilot to be a professional astronomer, but it’s not outlandish to hope that he could tell the difference between a planet and another plane.

But a fatigued and groggy Air Canada co-pilot mistook Venus for an oncoming aircraft and slammed the control stick forward, sending the plane into a momentary dive that injured 16 passengers. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada…

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Like I said before, sometimes the idiot's in the front seat!!!

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