TallDutch
2008-06-13, 12:35 AM
A Polish jet weaved across the skies above the outskirts of London because its pilot's spoken English was not good enough to communicate with air traffic control.
The Air Accident Investigations Branch said a Boeing 737 with 95 passengers and crew on board meandered helplessly after the pilot first entered the wrong co-ordinates and was later unable to understand the instructions which he was given by controllers.
More info can be found here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/trave ... tions.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/2113679/Polish-jet-almost-crashed-after-pilot-failed-to-understand-English-instructions.html)
The Air Accident Investigations Branch said a Boeing 737 with 95 passengers and crew on board meandered helplessly after the pilot first entered the wrong co-ordinates and was later unable to understand the instructions which he was given by controllers.
More info can be found here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/trave ... tions.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/2113679/Polish-jet-almost-crashed-after-pilot-failed-to-understand-English-instructions.html)