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TIL that in 2002 a Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 lost both its engines mid-flight due to a severe hailstorm. Relying on only its standby instruments due to a faulty APU, the pilots successfully ditched the aircraft into a narrow and twisted portion of the Bengawan Solo River between two bridges.

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