Polish Air Lines flight 113 was descending for a landing at anairport they had never been to before. The pilot looked out thewindshield and suddenly exclaimed to the copilot, „Holy cow! Lookhow short the runway is! I`ve never seen one that short!“The copilot looked out the windshield. „Wow! you`re right! That`sincredible! Are you sure we can make it?“ „Well we better, werealmost out of fuel.“So the captain got on the intercom and notified the passengers toput their heads between their knees and prepare for an emergencylanding. Then he set the flaps to full down and slowed the plane tojust over stall speed. The big jumbo jet came screaming in, on theragged edge of control. The pilot`s hands were sweating, the copilotwas praying. They touched down and came screeching to a halt JUSTbefore the edge of the runway, the tires smoking.“WHEW! That was CLOSE!“ yelled the captain.“That runway was SHORT!““Yeah!“ said the copilot,“and WIDE too!“
