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Would you be too distressed if your airliner lost all four engines? [View all]
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."
3:35 min.
The tale of a calm pilot during a flight emergency | QI - BBC
BBC
2024 Apr 7
The biggest understatement ever award goes to ....
In this week's episode of QI, filmed in 2023, we were lucky enough to have the truly heroic Captain Eric Moody in the studio. Sadly, Eric passed away last month. Our thoughts are with Eric's friends and family.
[...]
Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies and a host of comedy stars swap funny facts on every subject under the sun. It doesn't matter if they're right, as long as they're quite interesting.
BBC
2024 Apr 7
The biggest understatement ever award goes to ....
In this week's episode of QI, filmed in 2023, we were lucky enough to have the truly heroic Captain Eric Moody in the studio. Sadly, Eric passed away last month. Our thoughts are with Eric's friends and family.
[...]
Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies and a host of comedy stars swap funny facts on every subject under the sun. It doesn't matter if they're right, as long as they're quite interesting.
Wikipedia article about British Airways Flight 009:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_009
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