Pilot dives to avoid hitting planet
A PILOT MISTOOK Venus for an aircraft.
Catching sight of the planet in his cockpit window, the Air Canada Flight 828 pilot took evasive action, diving 180 meters and sending passengers hurtling to the ceiling.
Only after crew assured him that chances of actually hitting Venus were on the lowish side did he return the aircraft to its regular flight path.
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