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Flybe pilot's false arm fell off on landing at Belfast City Airport
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/flybe-pilots-false-arm-fell-off-on-landing-at-belfast-city-airport-30507774.htmlthe Belfast Telegraph
Flybe pilot's false arm fell off on landing at Belfast City Airport
Captain lost control of airliner as it swooped towards Belfast
By Joanne Fleming – 14 August 2014
A pilot with an artificial arm lost control of a passenger plane after the prosthetic limb fell off the steering mechanism in a shock accident, a report has revealed.
The incident, on a Flybe flight to Belfast City Airport, came as the Dash 8 aircraft with 47 passengers on board was approaching the airport in gusty conditions.
Shortly before, the 46-year-old pilot had checked that his prosthetic lower left arm was securely attached to the clamp he used to fly the aircraft...
...It said that as he made the ‘flare manoeuvre' - a levelling of the plane shortly before touchdown - “his prosthetic limb became detached from the yoke clamp, depriving him of control of the aircraft”.... MORE at link provided above.