Short Final…

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Key Takeaways:

  • An air traffic controller instructed a Fokker 170 to "hold position."
  • The Fokker 170 pilot gave an unexpected and unusual response, stating "I don't know how to do that."
  • Air traffic control quickly revised its instructions, clearing the Fokker 170 to land and directing another airliner to hold position instead.
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From our brain burps file…

Tower: Fokker 170, hold position.

Fokker 170: I don’t know how to do that.

(pause)

Manila Tower: [Airliner] 2, hold position. Fokker 170, continue approach, cleared to land.

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