Thought for the day - Tim Stuart, Great Aviation Quotes reader

It was 1977 and we were on an old DC8 Air Ceylon coming in to Colombo, Ceylon from Bangkok.

The landing approach was pretty bumpy, but the biggest bump was saved for when we hit the tarmac - a massive shudder and shake - at least I hoped it was the runway..

We were soon however airborne again and climbing steeply when a voice with a heavy Indian accent came over the PA as follows: "I am sorry about the landing ladies and gentlemen, the pilot will now take over"