Rumble: The river Nile, a darned good place to land a plane
![Plane in the Nile](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2934845365_8b4afb7c21_o.jpg)
In The Road's Ebook short story "Italians, the Art of Flying and the Laws of Probability", I quoted an anecdote by a friend describing how a pilot once mistook the river Nile near Khartoum for the runway, and landed the plane onto, err.. INto the river.
Just by coincidence I came across pictures of this incident. According to airliners.net, it happened on Sept 10 1982. The plane was a Sudan Air 707 purchased from Air Lingus (ST-AIM - cn 19410/599). The pilot mistook the moonlit river for the nearby runway.
![Plane in the Nile](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2935702514_1f5298cfdd_o.jpg)
Soon after this accident, staff of Sudan Airways tried to remove the company's titles and logos but could not get any closer to the tail. While the plane rested on a sandbank on the river, locals stripped it bare within days after the accident.
![Plane in the Nile](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2935702472_49180cc0c2_o.jpg)
More posts on the road about flying, aircraft and airports.
Data and pictures courtesy airliners.net, Chris Wells and Linze Folkeringa
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