A Qantas pilot made all of his in-flight announcements on the air traffic control line by mistake.  Since he went through all the announcements without taking a break, he clogged up the entire ATC line. In addition to interrupting the conversation on the ATC line, he didn’t take enough of a …

Two years ago, Belguim was building a beer pipeline.  I thought that was pretty awesome.  But then I came across something even more awesome, but it was unfortunately shut down. Authorities shut down a vodka pipeline in 2013 after they discovered it through a routine inspection. From Slate: Kyrgyz customs officials have …

One time I got caught in a crosswind while landing.  We ended up landing so hard, we needed a tow to the gate. Even the most seasoned pilot can struggle in a crosswind.  They can suddenly happen and make landing a lot more difficult. From the Wikipedia article on it: …