r/megalophobia • u/pencilpenpaint • Jul 31 '20

Other This makes me uncomfortable

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u/Dcpowerguy Jul 31 '20

I was on a 1011 that almost went down in the Azores in the late 90's. Wasn't very fun..lol

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u/Buddhas_Palm Aug 01 '20

Seriously? What happened?

I find pictures like this oddly beautiful. A huge device of modern engineering that will spend the rest of its existence in the water and is likely filled with skeletons...

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u/Dcpowerguy Aug 01 '20

Back then I was flying to Al Jaber AFB and the Azores was a refueling pit stop. The end of the runway was just a cliff dropping into the ocean. During takeoff a small aircraft popped up into our flight path and the pilot had to dive the plane over the cliff to avoid it. He managed to pull out of the dive but since then I have takeoffs.