Have a great day.
“Anything that the human mind can conceive can be produced
ultimately,” and Captain Urmila Yadav produced the same when she landed Air India
flight from Slichar to Guwahati safely.
Captain Urmila’s tale of snatching 48 lives from the jaws of
death after dying many a death during emergency landing.
…………the
flight is ready to take off with Captain Urmila Yadav.
Captain
Yadav radios to ATC
-AI
9760 to ATC
-Come
in ATC Silchar
-This
is ATC, Silchar prepare to take off AI 9760
-OK
ATC Silchar taking off
-The
Air India Plane slowly taxies to the runway
-Captain
Yadav to ATC
-Taking
off ATC Slichar
-Slowly
Captain Yadav presses the yoke and the flight takes off
-Co-pilot
Yashu was relaxed and seeing the panels
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-Then
suddenly the head phones crackles
-AI
9760
-AI
9760 may day may day
-AI
9760 nose wheel missing
-One
nose wheel has been lost AI 9760
-Captain
Yadav to ATC
-Which
one, left or right, ATC
-The
right one AI 9760, Do you want to land
-ATC
to captain Yadav drop the height and fly low AI 9760
-Captain
Yadav brings down the plane so that the ATC in --Silchar can see the
undercarriage
-The
cabin crew make an announcement, ladies and gentlemen, there is a techincal
snag in the plane so we are going to Guwahati.
-Then
an air hostess makes a second air safety demonstration in the flight
-Co
pilot Yashu tells captain Yadav about the height
-ATC
Silchar we are going to Guwahati
-It
gains height
-There
is some nervousness in the cockpit
-After
some time the pilots see the Guwahati airport and radios to Lokopriyo Gopinath Bardoloi
International Airport
-ATC
lgbia come in
-AT
igbia declare emergency
-Come
art AI 9760 we know
-AI
9760 state your fuel position
-ATC
lgbia 48,400 gallons
-OK
AI 9760 shed some
-Ok
ATC flying over the Airport for an hour
-Meanwhile
all emergency have been put in the runway and the runway has been cleared.
-This
is your captain Urmila Yadav speaking ladies and gentlemen, please stay calm we
have an emergency in -the flight as one of the nose wheel has been lost
-I
repeat please stay calm and composed.
-Meanwhile,
there is hectic activities in the cockpit area all food trolleys, the baggage in
the front section are being cleared and taken to the back.
-One
of the lady passengers swoons and there are cries in the plane. The passengers
are seen crying.
-This
is your captain speaking, please remain calm, I will bring down the plane
smoothly.
-The
flight AI 9760 is still hovering around the city
it
has been nearly one and a half hour
-ATC
to AI 9760
-Come
in 9760 now state your fuel position
-ATC
it is 20,000 gallons
-Give
permission to land as passengers are crying ATC
-State
your height ATR AI 9760
-It
is 15,000 feet ATC
-Meanwhile
fire engines, ambulances, have taken positions on the runway and the runway is
being sprayed with soap foam
-OK
ATC 1000 feet
-Panic
in the cockpit
-Sweat
and nervousness on Captain Urmila Yadav's face
-The
cabin crew has taken the sitting positions,
-All
lights have been shut off
700
feet ATC
500
feet ATC
400
feet
Landing
-The
flight touches down, the fire engines and ambulances are seen taking positions
-The
flight lands
-Screeching
and making noise
-There
is an applause in the plane
-The
flight comes to an halt and captain Yadav shuts off the engines and the power
-The
emergency shutes are activated and the door opens
-The
fire engines and ambulances come near the plane
-The
soap foam are being sprayed on the flight
-The
passengers jump in joy hug each other
-Captain
Urmila comes out of the aircraft smiling
-Most
of the passengers run towards her and touch her feet they hug her and the cabin
crew.
-Sweets
are being distributed
-The
passengers are sent to the waiting ambulances and rushed to the airport.
-The
engineers, other officials rushed to the aircraft to inspect the nose wheel
-Captain
Urmila and co-pilot speak to the officials are rushed to the airport.
-And
so the lives of 48 people were saved by captain Urmila.
Fortune favours the brave is a cliché repeated countless
times---but I would like to repeat here because Captain Urmila did it for the second
time.
By Shankar
