Could It Ever Happen ?
Airline Captain: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking, we have been diverted owing to weather conditions and have been offered Manchester or Liverpool. Please ballot the passengers to decide.
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Chief Steward (to Captain): 52% of the passengers chose Manchester.
Airline Captain: Roger. Flight BREX17 to Ground Control.
Ground control: Go ahead
Airline Captain: Permission to land at Manchester requested
Ground Control: Permission granted, land on runway ART50.
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Airline Captain: About to assume Final Approach but we have a problem.
Ground Control: What is your problem ?
Airline Captain: The passengers do not trust my years of experience and knowledge and insist on landing the plane themselves. 2 members of the Flight Deck have deserted.
Ground Control: We will prepare for crash, all emergency services alerted.
[Lots of very loud bangs, then radio silence]