Boeing 737 flies without nav aids for 4 hours in Indonesia

killerwhale65 · Post by **killerwhale65** » 14 Feb 2006, 18:29

A Boeing 737-300 from Adam Air flew for 4 hours without any navigational or communications systems. Eventually it managed to make an emergency landing on a runway 400m (1320ft) too short.

The airplane, en route from Jakarta to Makassar, lost all systems last Saturday 20 minutes after take-off. The pilot kept the heading initially set and continued this heading for 4 hours before the first airfield came in sight.

On board were 145 passengers. They described the landing as being like a sports car stopping. Nobody got injured.

SOURCE: Flight International

MX727 · Post by **MX727** » 15 Feb 2006, 22:01

My respect to the pilot and crew. ¿What was the cause?
Regards,
JAHC

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 15 Feb 2006, 23:45

Hell yeah!!!! Pilots going back to their roots, flying VFR!!!! :kvole:
I'm surprised they still remembered how to fly the plane visually.

Indeed the crew did an amazing job, my hat's off to them.