One of the Most AMAZING Aviation Stories EVER told! | The Full Story Of TACA flight 110

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  @MentourPilot · 5 years ago · pinned

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  @9mtaurus · 3 years ago

  Captain Dardano just retired on &nbsp;August 2023 after 50 years of flying. A truly Salvadoran Hero.

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  @luiscastillo-yg8tt · 4 years ago

  I was part of this crew as a flight attenndant and I always remember this experience as the day I was born again. I maintain a friendship with Dardano and the media have eventually invited us to share the experience on radio and TV. Captains Lopez and Soley are no longer with us but we always remember them with much appreciation.

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  @foxtrotnine2504 · 4 years ago

  Everyone’s giving props to the captain, which he totally deserves, but that first officer has a great set of eyes and made a brilliant call out to land on the strip of solid ground .

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  @koneeche · 2 years ago

  The fact that the landing was so perfect that there wasn&apos;t even an accident report for it... That is some amazing work for all the crew involved, not just the PIC.

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  @natedearyan7597 · 2 years ago

  This is my all time favorite pilot story. 1.) everybody makes it. 2.) No injuries. 3.) The Plane survives it. 4.) The Plane, After sort of minor repairs, is returned to service. 5.) And, it is flyable.

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  @Kenikex · 3 years ago

  Captain Dardano is a legend, had he been American, movies and books would’ve been written about this. When he got shot in the eye while piloting, he managed to take off and save his passengers, all this with his left eye shot out, then this miracle of aviation. True hero, legend.

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  @ErikTheAndroid · 5 years ago

  If this were a movie, I would have complained that the characters were far too lucky and that it was not realistic. This is an incredible story.

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  @CharlieApples · 7 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5UUr9RXfTY&amp;t=1595">26:35</a> The landing was so perfect that they just drove the damn plane itself to the repair shop.

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  @atxzizou · 4 years ago

  I’m an FO with TACA Airlines, and I’ve been fortunate to share the cockpit with Cap. Dardano on a few occasions, now on the Airbus A320, and like many I was curious about hearing the story from the man himself. Even after 30+ years of telling the story, he still tells it with such emotion and detail which was an experience unto itself. He is a larger-than-life character, and even on such an automated and high-tech aircraft as the A320 is, he still flies it as if it were a basic stick and rudder aircraft with such dexterity and skill, and he also encourages us FO’s to do the same, which is a bit daunting at first since we never do that except in the simulator. He makes you feel comfortable and helps you understand how to take every step, even though he’s not a line instructor.<br>I was also lucky enough to hear the story about how he lost his eye, and that is equally or even more impressive than the Flight 110 story. We still have a few of these older, maverick-type captains and it is a school unto itself learning form these amazing aviators.<br><br>Great job on the documentary, very well done with all the details and animations. If he hasn’t already seen it, I will let Cap. Dardano know so he can check it out. I’ve been binge watching this whole series but this one is just top level, great job Captain. Happy landings ✈️

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  @satan2k · 4 years ago

  You forgot to mention, during is incident in 1979, while severely injured, his eye shot, he managed to take off to land the persons he was carrying to safety.

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  @gerrydonohoe3888 · 2 years ago

  I was having lunch at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans with my fellow helicopter pilots when over the station public address system we heard “ Launch all available rescue helos, 737 inbound to New Orleans with two engines out”. I was one of the first helos to get airborne and by the time we arrived the TACA 737 was already safe on deck at the levee. We landed next to the aircraft and found out there were no injuries, everyone was safe, so we returned to base and finished our lunch.

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