Chinese airline pilot can’t communicate in English with JFK air traffic controllers

September 1, 2007 | by Jefferson | Filed Under Video |

I thought our previous post about an Asian airline would be the last on that topic, but this video we’ve found it just too shocking not to post:

[via the Shanghaiist, which also tells us that the winners of this year’s Chinese Journalism Awards were all frauds. Great.

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4 Responses to “Chinese airline pilot can’t communicate in English with JFK air traffic controllers”

  1. Amazing.

  2. Please note this story is about an Air China plane from the PRC.

    This is completely different than the Taiwan national carrier China Airlines.

  3. Maybe the international language for all airlines should be in an obscure one like Aramaic or Zulu. That way, EVERYBODY will have a hard time understanding each other rather than just non-english speakers.

  4. Roflmao. That was hilarious!

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