The Incredible Story Of TACA 110 - DISASTER AVERTED

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Carlos Dardano is a hero to disabled pilots worldwide. He managed to save all his passengers despite having only one functioning eye. Hes an inspiration to all pilots. Captain Sullenberger was taking notes.

Did that dude just Tokyo Drift everyone to safety? Style: 10/10 Execution: 10/10 Lives Lost: 0 Ranking: S

This pilot is amazing. He has had 3 major incidents in his career and he got away from all 3 unscathed. One of which he was shot in the face by a sniper while waiting for a passengers son to relieve himself. This pilot deserves a movie. A real hero. He did this landing with one eye!

Imagine reading a transcript of this, with no knowledge of the outcome. You might think "I guess we gotta go down" was the pilot giving up, reserved to an unavoidable fate. But we know what it actually means is "watch me safely land this 737 with no engines on 5000 feet of pitched grass with one eye kids, start taking notes".

I am astonished by how well that bird was able to glide given that it had to be nose-heavy due to the contents of Captain Dardano's pants.

Beyond incredible story of Captain Carlos Dardano's ability as a pilot. Other than the fact that he had definitively proven that even with only 1 eye he is a better and more competent pilot than most others, the most incredible feat in my opinion is by the tender age of just 29 he had already amassed nearly 13,500 flight hours with more than 11,000 of those as pilot in command. He had his own "Sully" story more than 30 years before the Miracle on the Hudson. He currently owns and operates a pilot training school El Salvador named Dardano Aeroservicios.

Mr. Dardano is consider a hero here in El Salvador. I'm glad that all passengers and crew survived this incident.

What great pilot skills. One of the most impressive emergency landings without engine power I’ve ever heard of.

the captain posted something on his instagram to commemorate 33 years since the incident yesterday.

That's one talented pilot. He was able to stay calm enough to think quickly and managed to prevent the loss of passengers. He's definitely a hero. I think its cool that he was still this skilled with vision in only one eye.

I lived in New Orleans when this happened, and worked as an industrial supplier for the facility where the landing took place. Since the facility included multiple government agencies, just delivering a bi-weekly pallet of fasteners would entail a very thorough security inspection of the vehicle and the driver. Having a plane full of passengers land in the backyard must have made for some interesting paperwork from whoever was in charge of security 😉

Amazing airmanship to bring this 'glider' down safely. I am speaking as a retired RAF pilot and have the utmost respect for these guys!

That sideslip got me 👁️👄👁️ That's so impressive

Real proud to be Central American watching this. We hear so little about heroes like this and so much about the horrible things that happen and it’s a shame

The levee where TACA Flight 110 was on NASA property believe it or not. It landed right next to NASA Michoud Assembly facility near New Orleans, Louisiana. What shocks me about this incident is the fact that the captain had only one eye which means he had no depth perception at all and the fact he did a dead stick landing to the aircraft with minimal time to spare. This made for a extraordinary landing on a grassy levee which was an complete miracle. Also, the plane landed completely intact like the hand of God simply placed it there. Upon arriving on the scene, the sight even shocked the most seasoned NTSB agents investigating the incident. It was so intact that Boeing test pilots, and engineers were able to fly it off of NASA property to New Orleans international airport. After the incident, the plane was eventually acquired by Southwest airlines, and stayed in service until December 2, 2016 when it was retired. It is currently in storage at Pinal Airpark, and will forever be a reminder of one of the most incredible stories in aviation history.

You can automate all you like, but the only way you get a landing like that is pure skill and experience. The balls of steel and steely determination of this man...amazing, and all with only one eye.

I heard of this guy when I was little because of when my grandpa watched the news when it happened. We are from El Salvador. This event should get a movie

This is why we need to first study from the heroes of the flight to become future and amazing pilots.

The moment you said the pilot was one-eyed and still flying planes, I knew there was no way this was going to end up bad.