Posted on Apr 1, 2017
TOP 20 MOST DANGEROUS AIRPORTS in the WORLD! The Most Incredible and Unbelievable Airports!
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And air travel is the safest form of travel? Just keep telling yourself that over and over...
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Not so at Tegucigalpa Airport.
Fly San Pedro Sula or fly into San Salvador if you don't have to be in Tegucigalpa. That's how I fly yearly to go see my mother.
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/why-this-airport-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-in-the-world/news-story/61394ec7a38d7e53a944ac1c704d963c
CH (CPT) (Join to see) CPT Jack Durish TSgt Joe C. SFC George Smith SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth COL (Join to see) MAJ (Join to see) SGM Lynette Streitfield
Fly San Pedro Sula or fly into San Salvador if you don't have to be in Tegucigalpa. That's how I fly yearly to go see my mother.
https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/why-this-airport-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-in-the-world/news-story/61394ec7a38d7e53a944ac1c704d963c
CH (CPT) (Join to see) CPT Jack Durish TSgt Joe C. SFC George Smith SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth COL (Join to see) MAJ (Join to see) SGM Lynette Streitfield
Why this airport is one of the most dangerous in the world
HONDURANS are known to cross their fingers and pray when planes approach the central American country’s international airport and applaud after a successful descent.
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Wow! I flew into Tegucigalpa twice. And I thought those landings was something.
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In 1999 we went to Honduras to help provide post-Hurricane Mitch support. Our C-23s had to be based at Soto Cano with explict prohibitions on flying into Tegucigalpa (MHTG). No biggie. However, in 2003 we had a mission that took us to MHTG. We were cleared for the straight-in to rwy 20 at over 9000', 5 miles out. There was no way we could have dumped over 5500' in less than 5 miles. It took the controller a minute to figure that out after the crew realized we couldn't make it from that direction. He ended up giving us a left downwind to rwy 02, thankfully. Lesson learned: The controllers can get you killed too. Fortunately, the tactical training we got prior to our Iraq deployments taught the pilots "alternate" ways of descending quickly, in short distances, without exceeding aircraft limitations.
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