Helicopter

This was reportedly read in the October 1 issue of Network Computing:

A helicopter was flying above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot couldn't determine the helicopter's position and course to steer to the airport.

But he saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign and held it in the helicopter's window. It read: "WHERE AM I?"

People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drawing a large sign and holding it in a building window: "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."

The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport and landed safely.

After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the sign helped determine their position. The pilot said he know that had to be the Microsoft building because, similar to their help lines, they gave a technically correct, but completely useless answer.