The pilot of a Flybe flight from Birmingham to Belfast City Airport managed to get himself in a bit of a mess last twelvemonth — when his artificial arm somehow came off during a landing place .
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch reputation into the incident , just now issue , micturate for freaky meter reading . It explains that the man ’s “ … prosthetic limb became detached from the yoke clamp , divest him of control of the aircraft . ”
To maintain control during the rather important landing part of the tripper , the pilot took his tangible arm off the throttles to concur the yoke . “ He did this , but with power still applied and possibly a gust affecting the aircraft , a normal touchdown was pursue by a bounce , from which the aircraft land intemperately , ” the account explains .
I d ’ give my leftover sleeve not to be on that flight . ( Sorry . ) [ Sky ]
Image credit : False armfromShutterstock
This postoriginally appearedonGizmodo UK , which is gobbling up the news in a dissimilar timezone .
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