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Datsun was having a lot of gearbox trouble with one of their cars. Recalls and breakdowns, especially in Europe, were causing lots of bad publicity.
So management decided to make a new batch of gearboxes, crate them up, and instead of using their normal ships, decided to airfreight them direct to Europe.
The shortest distance from Japan is the Great Circle route which goes right over the North Pole.
It was when they were directly above the North Pole that the aircraft was hit by a flock of those big high-flying Canadian Geese. Result was immediate shutdown because of fire in 2 of the engines.
The only way to keep going safely now was to lighten the aeroplane by throwing the freight out. This the crew did.
Sitting down below on the polar ice was little Ipek, an Eskimo boy, who with his Dad was fishing through a hole in the ice.
One of the crates landed on the ice nearby and broke open.
“Oh look Dad” says Ipek, “It’s raining Datsun cogs”.
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So management decided to make a new batch of gearboxes, crate them up, and instead of using their normal ships, decided to airfreight them direct to Europe.
The shortest distance from Japan is the Great Circle route which goes right over the North Pole.
It was when they were directly above the North Pole that the aircraft was hit by a flock of those big high-flying Canadian Geese. Result was immediate shutdown because of fire in 2 of the engines.
The only way to keep going safely now was to lighten the aeroplane by throwing the freight out. This the crew did.
Sitting down below on the polar ice was little Ipek, an Eskimo boy, who with his Dad was fishing through a hole in the ice.
One of the crates landed on the ice nearby and broke open.
“Oh look Dad” says Ipek, “It’s raining Datsun cogs”.
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