Easyjet Plane Takes A Swim

[GULF69]

Hey folks,

Got this on e-mail a few days ago.... quite hectic, anyone know where this was taken?

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[Groundloop]

Looking at the holding point and runway number boards I would hazard a guess at Aberdeen.

[SimCaptain]

....is the picture real ?

Would a pilot intentionally manouver his plane into that much water ?

[Tallbloke]

Erm, is this a joke? Looks like Photoshop to me. There is now standing water anywhere else in the picture, there appear to be pilots in the cockpit, the leading edge flaps are set and there appears to be a lot of heat haze behind the starboard engine. Nice picture though.

[GULF69]

question

It looks pretty real - and there's water all round the airport in the backround - maybe it rained after he parked the plane?

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[VP8]

Is he going for an engine wash??

VEEPS

[The Greaser]

No a pilot would not intentionally do this, appears in the photo that the flightdeck is occupied, so I'm hoping it is a fake, but it looks pretty real to me. Oh and it is definitely Aberdeen.

[davethelimey]

Surely there's half a chance it's fake? There's jet blast coming from both the engines, and the water's going into the one on the left (as you look at it). Surely an engine couldn't keep running if it was sucking in this much water? Secondly the taxiway centre-line is reflected in the nose. It wouldn't reflect so straight if it were underwater.

Finally there's the fact that the plane was either parked on a taxiway which subsequently flooded, which is unlikely, or the pilots tried to forge their way through a five-foot deep lake on the way to the runway, and I'm not sure that's likely.

Willing to be corrected though.

[Tallbloke]

Davethelimey

Like the taxiway spot, someone is definitely pulling our collective plonker


ps please could someone tell me how to spell definitely, ta.

[jimbo jet set]

definatly a fake

[GULF69]

davethelimey,

good comment bout the centre line, if it is photoshop, its very well done though - especially the shadows at the wheels etc...

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[gatwickflyer]

Easywash

That is some fake picture - the reflections of the aircraft on the water are brilliantly done . can they also put 4 engines on it too..................?

[Iolar]

It's a fake, look at the reflection of engine No. 2 in the fuselage, no sign of water around the engine's reflection.
Iolar

[Dan Winterland]

Good spot Iolar - deffinitly a fake. By Ryanair perhaps!

[Sensible]

C'mon peeps, there is a heat haze off of the engines and hardly a ripple on the water caused by the draught , and there's not even a bow wave off of the wheels.

[trustno1]

Looks like a fake. The engines aren't turning but yet there is heat haze.

[eal401]

Reasonable effort (better than I could do at least!) but a clear fake!

[SeldomFixit]

The water is a very common aplet, popular on personal web pages several years back, commonly looking like a flowing stream. The aero has just been "plonked" into the frozen aplet then some cosmetic touches applied. Nice try though, I'm surprised a shock/horror journo hasn't run it under a sensational banner yet.

[Seloco]

It's a rather good fake but just a pity that the faker missed the obvious anomalies like the taxiway centreline reflection in the nose, and lack of fuselage shadow/reflection.

Still, I'm sure a print is on MO'L's wall already!

[Photo]

Photo was created using this photoshop plugin.

http://www.flamingpear.com/flood.html

Here is the Airliners.net thread about this photo but hardly any of the links in it are still active

http://www.airliners.net/discussions...d.main/106239/