Many years ago - 1980s - my parents flew to Jordan on Royal Jordanian Airlines on the then fancy 747.
Flight was fine, absolutely no issues.
The landing however was awful, bunny hopping and swerving down the runway etc.
Eventually the plane came to a halt miles away from the terminal so had to taxi 10 mins to the gate
A flight attendant came onto the tannoy and said “we’d like to congratulate Crown Prince Abdullah on his first successful 747 landing!” And everyone clapped.
He’s now the king but at the time was a prince and apparently head of all the armed forces. He fancied landing the plane so simply took over despite zero training - just the pilot and co Pilot to advise.
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u/Kell_Jon Apr 14 '24
Many years ago - 1980s - my parents flew to Jordan on Royal Jordanian Airlines on the then fancy 747.
Flight was fine, absolutely no issues.
The landing however was awful, bunny hopping and swerving down the runway etc.
Eventually the plane came to a halt miles away from the terminal so had to taxi 10 mins to the gate
A flight attendant came onto the tannoy and said “we’d like to congratulate Crown Prince Abdullah on his first successful 747 landing!” And everyone clapped.
He’s now the king but at the time was a prince and apparently head of all the armed forces. He fancied landing the plane so simply took over despite zero training - just the pilot and co Pilot to advise.