Chris Henkey "The older the ginger, the spicier it is"!

(Baonghean) - 157 passengers and 13 crew members narrowly escaped death thanks to the very wise decisions of the 63-year-old captain. In the context of many terrible accidents in the world's aviation industry, including silly accidents caused by the pilots themselves, the actions of the captain of British Airways flight 2276 - Mr. Chris Henkey has a great significance in restoring the image of not only British Airways, but all airlines in the world.

Captain Chris Henkey. Photo from the internet

Finish the big work and... retire.

Captain Chris Henkey, 63 years old, has 42 years of pilot experience. He graduated from the College of Air Training at the age of 21 and has been in the aviation industry ever since. At 4:00 p.m. on September 8 (local time), the Boeing 777-200 was preparing to take off from McCaran International Terminal, Las Vegas to London when the engine caught fire, black smoke billowed from the belly of the plane. The fire started to melt the plane's windows and smoke filled the passenger compartment.

While the passengers were in a state of panic at the risk of the entire plane exploding, Captain Chris Henkey demonstrated the top qualities a pilot must have when an incident occurs. Henkey immediately sent out a distress signal, stopped the plane, and requested the evacuation of 157 passengers and 13 crew members. The captain's emergency orders were considered a methodical, standard "as in a manual" incident response chain. Thanks to that, when the rear doors of the plane opened the slides, each member of the flight "returned from the dead".

After this incident, the airport where the incident occurred announced that only 2 people suffered minor injuries. A spectacular escape like only in the movies. So much so that Jim McAuslan - General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association said that "all pilots want to learn about the professional way in which pilots and crews responded to this emergency".

Interestingly, while all the attention was focused on Captain Chris Henkey, and he was praised as a “hero”, “hero”, Captain Chris Henkey did not comment on the above event. For him, it was a normal thing that could happen to a pilot, and September 8 was just “another day”. It is even more interesting to know that the person who made a very sober, calm, clear-headed decision, with “iron will”, “iron nerves”, used to be the owner of a pub, Hatch Gate Inn in Burghfield. He lives a simple life with his partner Lenka Nevolna in Reading, Berkshire (UK), and still regularly actively supports the children's rugby charity Wooden Spoon.

After that flight, the name Chris Henkey was becoming extremely "hot" in the press and social networking sites, then Chris Henkey made a very cold decision: He will retire next week. That can be explained in accordance with Chris Henkey's personality, he considers himself a normal person and wants to have a simple life in everyday life, away from the noise. But that did not cool down the feelings of the lucky passengers who survived, and the netizens, towards his name.

Times need heroes!

The actions of “hero” Chris Henkey are very important in restoring the good image of airline employees in the eyes of tourists. Even British Airways flight 2276 from McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas to London, is worthy of being a “popular” topic of Holywoot. British Airways flight 2276 also reminds people of the US Airways passenger plane that crashed in the sky of New York City on January 15, 2009. Immediately after taking off from La Guardina Airport, a flock of birds crashed into the plane, causing both engines to burn. Captain Chesley Sullenberger Sullenberger, who had 40 years of pilot experience, quickly landed on the Hudson River, saving the lives of 155 people on board.

But actions like those of Captain Chesley Sullenberger or Chris Henkey are few. In fact, recently, the image of the world aviation industry has been seriously affected by accidents, images that are sometimes very silly. Among them are disasters that come from the mistakes of the pilots themselves.

A painful disaster for the aviation industry occurred on March 24, 2015 when the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, while the captain and crew were out, locked the cockpit door, not allowing the main pilot and crew outside to enter, then he turned off the engine causing the Airbus A320 to fall from an altitude of 9,500 meters into the Alps, killing at least 150 people. This incident is considered a "black mark" in the international aviation industry.

Recently, on June 23, 2015, a United Airlines (USA) captain piloting a plane from Houston (USA) to Munich (Germany) threw 10 bullets into the trash while flying the plane, then "discarded" them in the restroom. Luckily, a flight attendant while looking for a lost ring for a passenger discovered the 10 bullets in the trash and the incident was discovered.

Earlier this September, Chad Tillman, an attorney, was on a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Tampa, Florida, when he saw a pilot using his iPhone to send text messages, then access Twitter and other websites, just as the plane was taking off. The attorney used his phone to record the unusual action and sent the video along with an email to Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines, expressing his concerns. “I’m sure he’s a good pilot, but even a small mistake in his profession can kill people, and it concerns me that he’s casually ignoring FAA regulations in public,” Tilman wrote.

In the above context, necessary actions like those of Captain Chris Henkey not only saved the lives of hundreds of passengers and crew, but were also worth thousands of gold in strengthening the image and reputation of the aviation industry. And at this time, people think of the saying "the older the ginger, the spicier it is", because Chris Henkey calmly handled everything accurately and professionally "like a manual" with 42 years of experience, and for Chesley Sullenberger, 40 years in the profession.

Chi Linh Son