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Originally Posted by ctabuk
OOUCH! Have you been buying back issues of the Beano?
If you want old jokes, lets do a classic.
Airplane - Catain to Passengers - Sorry every one, just had engine failure in number one engine - no need for alarm, Allow an extra hour on your Journey
- Captain to Passengers 'Sorry about this, but number two's gone now, but we are ok - allow another two hours please.
- Captain to Passengers 'Well we are having fun today, you won't believe whats happened, well you might! Ha Ha - Number 3's gone what a nuisance (British Pilot - we don't panic - stiff upper lip and all that) anyway passengers, allow another 5 hours, we've got plenty of fuel left.
And this little Irish Guy turns to the passenger next to him and say's - actually you've probably guessed, so I thought I'd drag it out a bit - anyway the little guy said 'Crikey, if number 4 packs up, we'll be up here all day!
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There's actually a true story along these lines.
Unbeknown to the crew, a British Airways jet passed through a dense cloud of volcanic ash which starved the engines of oxygen, so all four engines died.
As the plane was rapidly falling from the sky the Captain thought it best if he advised the passengers of the situation. His announcement went something like this. "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. Unfortunately, all four engines have failed. Please rest assured that we are doing our damnedest to get them started again. Thank you."
Fortunately they were able to get one then a second engine running, and landed safely.