Please ignore, wrong list, sorry On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This CBS report was in March 1975. Edward J.Daly,owner of World > Airways, sent a Boeing 727 aircraft to Da Nang Vietnam to pick up > stranded woman and children. Instead the aircraft was swamped by > military personnel climbing on the aircraft. > > There were 260 people aboard a plane which is designed to carry 105. > The plane was overloaded by 20,000 pounds. The baggage compartments > were loaded with people. Some of the problems during the flight > included, the rear stairway remained partially extended for the entire > flight, the main wheels would not retract, a hand grenade damage to > one of the wings causing fuel loss, and the lower cargo doors were > open. The plane had to fly at 10,000 feet because of lack of > pressurization thus fuel consumption was three times greater than > normal. A flight on a "wing and a prayer". > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoA02PmueH4 >
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