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    Video: Il-62 Landing on Grass

    Just for fun I guess.

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    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 under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: Video: Il-62 Landing on Grass

    That was actually from the UN week in 1998, when they diverted to Flushing Airport.

    Incredible video. Looks like a toy.
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    Re: Video: Il-62 Landing on Grass

    "In my country they say to let a woman in a politics is like to let a monkey flying an airplane." :borat:
    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 under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: Video: Il-62 Landing on Grass

    Just for those not knowing the background of this video...

    It´s not been an emergency landing but intentionally !

    The aircraft just made its last flight to become a restaurant at this tiny airfield in Germany in 1989 or 1990 AFAIK. The airfield is located at Stolln (eastern part of Germany) and the IL-62 is still there in use as a restaurant !
    To make it happen the dedicated crew made lots of calculations and the whole cabin interior was removed to reduce weight. As it was deemed as viable they just made it...

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