The window is shattered, the nose of the plane is almost completely missing, the passengers are shocked: only thanks to the pilot’s experience was the AUA plane from Mallorca able to be brought to the ground in Vienna while flying blind.
Shock for a group of young Mühlviertlers from Zwettl an der Rodl (Upper Austria), who spent the weekend on Mallorca. They had a reason to celebrate, one of their friends had turned 30.Sudden violent shakingOn the return flight, everyone celebrated their 2nd birthday together. Their AUA plane took off from Palma on Sunday at around 3.30 p.m. with a slight delay. There was minor turbulence during the flight. “Nothing special,” reported passenger Marcel H. Friday to Sunday. Already thinking about his homeland, a violent shaking was felt about half an hour before the scheduled arrival in Vienna.Flight through a thunderstorm front “We flew through a thunderstorm front,” continued the Upper Austrian. Then the pilot prepared to land at Vienna airport. “The landing was a bit bumpier than normal,” said the passenger. But he didn’t think anything of it. Then the pilot announced that the windshield of the plane was broken.The nose of the plane was missingA large contingent of emergency services rushed to the scene immediately. When the passengers got out of the plane, they got a rude awakening. Not only were the windshields shattered, but the front part of the plane was also missing – simply torn off. “At that moment the passengers realized that the pilot had landed blind and how close they had come to a disaster. “It could have turned out differently,” thought the friends.The men have had enough of flying for nowMiraclely, no one was injured in the incident. The group from the Mühlviertel left Vienna Airport and soon reached Upper Austria with the ÖBB. When they were back on solid ground under their feet, their knees were still shaking. The six men from Zwettl an der Rodl have had enough of flying for now.
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