Pilot Stories: Close Calls

A Fedex 727 Pilot recounts the time the Tower thought he had afterburners.

A pilot shares the sad story of the fatal crash that took the life of his friend when the rotor wash of a helicopter caused the plane they were landing to flip.

A bird hit the canopy shattering it and rendering the pilot almost blind.

How much ice can a plane build up and still fly? You don't want to know.

The pilot passes out from carbon monoxide and wakes to find the plane crash-landed—and he survived!

After the engine stops Cameron Morrison has to land his plane on the highway—with his wife and baby on board!

A female pilot lands in the Middle East and has a close call with a ground worker who has a very strange request.

A ferry pilot talks about flying through thunderstorms to deliver the plane across Africa.