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Offline Ripsnort

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Close call at 35,000 feet
« on: January 31, 2001, 02:45:00 PM »
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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2001, 02:50:00 PM »
And that is why we have human pilots in control.

They are all alive because the pilots did their jobs.

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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2001, 02:54:00 PM »
Sounds like you can chalk one save up for TCAS!



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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2001, 02:56:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by Karnak:

They are all alive because the pilots did their jobs.

As well as the software....
 
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The pilots of both planes reported that their collision
               warning devices went off, forcing them to take emergency
               measures. The warning device is set to ring 25 to 40
               seconds before an imminent crash.

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Offline Karnak

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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2001, 03:05:00 PM »
Ripsnort,
True.  It seems the screw up happened on the ground.

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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2001, 03:24:00 PM »
"The captain has turned off the seatbelt sign.."

You have to be half baked to take your seat belt off while you are on a plane, for any reason but to run to the toilet.

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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2001, 03:38:00 PM »
Amen Eagler.  Natural selection at work.
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2001, 03:46:00 PM »
ahh the compassion of raving conservatives
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Offline Dinger

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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2001, 04:56:00 PM »
Well, they reported the bulk of the injuries coming from the cart that went flying through the cabin, spewing hot water and tea everywhere.  Dunno.  I keep mine locked, but that ain't no guarantee you're safe from flying objects.
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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2001, 06:27:00 PM »
"You have to be half baked to take your seat belt off while you are on a plane, for any reason but to run to the toilet. "

i don't think having it on matters 99.99% of the time, if your going to die, your going to die, seatbelt will probably either cut you in half, or keep ya held down so ya can burn/asphyxiate (assuming you live that long)

at 30k+ catastrophic problems are lethal no matter what, if its baqd enough to need a seatbelt to hold ya down and yer that high up..yer gonna die.
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2001, 07:48:00 PM »
 
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ahh the compassion of raving conservatives

Towd, no mention of politics in this thread, go away young man.

Wobble, I think Funked is talking about hitting pockets of air, or C.A.T. or in this case, a near collision.  It's much more comfortable to say "Wow, that was scary, glad I was belted!" rather than asking the flight attendant to scrape the part of your scalp off that you recently left on the  ceiling of the aircraft..
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2001, 08:47:00 PM »
Rip, he's just still spewing his daily bile; it's got to go somewhere.
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Offline StSanta

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« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2001, 12:19:00 AM »
Read that the pilots told the tower of an imminent danger, then pushed the big jet into a fighterlike negative g maneuver that threw the passangers up against the roof.

Damned fine flying at any rate; they were apparently *very* close to a collision.

Just wait chaps; sooner or later, *I'll* make the software in those machines.

"Flight systems Software Kernel Error #232. Please press CTRL ALt DEL"

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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2001, 12:35:00 AM »
Anyone know where the train and bus schedules are on the net?

Dang aeroplanes are unsafe, especially the ones that don't have props!!

 
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2001, 03:41:00 AM »
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