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Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
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Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#12I unexpectedly flew around the world once. Was supposed to do Canada-Germany-Dubai and then back again, but Lufthansa went on strike before my flight home so I ended up doing Canada-Germany-Dubai-China-Canada.
Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#13I have read this story quite a few times but I still wonder what happened to the aircraft. I hope it's in a museum or still being flown.
Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#14I'm shocked that this story hasn't had significant discussion on HN. Several earlier submissions, but no uptake. It is worth the read.
> I'm shocked that this story hasn't had significant discussion on HN. This "medium" site is unreadable to me. After waiting for the page elements slowly materialize, the only text that appears is just the first sentence of an article. Maybe other HN users with heavily adblocked browsers are equally unable to read this site?
Try replacing `medium.com` with `scribe.rip`: https://scribe.rip/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that...
https://scribe.rip is an alternative frontend to Medium.
Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#15I have read this story quite a few times but I still wonder what happened to the aircraft. I hope it's in a museum or still being flown.
"After the war it was sold to Universal Airlines but was damaged in a storm and ultimately salvaged for parts."
- "December 7, 1941 and the First Around-the-World Commercial Flight". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. December 8, 2011.
Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#16I'm shocked that this story hasn't had significant discussion on HN. Several earlier submissions, but no uptake. It is worth the read.
> I'm shocked that this story hasn't had significant discussion on HN. This "medium" site is unreadable to me. After waiting for the page elements slowly materialize, the only text that appears is just the first sentence of an article. Maybe other HN users with heavily adblocked browsers are equally unable to read this site?
I had no problems reading it. I too use an adblocker, and additionally block all third–party javascript.
Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#17I thought this was fiction until I read HN comments. Not sure I like this style for this sort of story.
welcome to medium
Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#18This is pure Aussie:
> The scene that greeted the four as they disembarked at the dock was one of pure chaos. Darwin was in the midst of an invasion scare. Worse, the arrival of the first freighter full of beer in months had resulted in a temporary breakdown of military order.
Re: Plane accidentally flew around the world (2018)
#19I am kinda sad that the Brazillian part in that story is how they forced them to stay because of Yellow Fever, but then they stole stuff from inside the plane...
The saddest part of this, is that I am not even surprised :(
As Brazillian I deal all the time with online distrust with Brazillians, and often when people explain why they distrust us, I can't fault them, there are even online games where Brazillians have their own server separate from the rest of the planet just to "silo" Brazillians from other people, to prevent Brazillians from ruining their fun or causing damage.