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Title: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 20, 2012, 11:05:13 AM
http://consumerist.com/2012/04/pilot-too-distracted-by-texting-to-bother-lowering-planes-wheels-for-landing.html

"OMG I lnded w out wheelz lol".
Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: Babalonian on April 20, 2012, 04:42:41 PM
IDK what's scarier, that it actually happened, or that I myself (and probabley many others) do the same thing in AH at least once a month.
Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: Mar on April 20, 2012, 05:03:17 PM
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Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: MachFly on April 20, 2012, 11:40:12 PM
Sounds like BS.
Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: MachFly on April 20, 2012, 11:40:45 PM
Quote from: Babalonian on April 20, 2012, 04:42:41 PM
IDK what's scarier, that it actually happened, or that I myself (and probabley many others) do the same thing in AH at least once a month.

What's so scary about doing it in AH?
Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: curry1 on April 20, 2012, 11:41:44 PM
Quote from: MachFly on April 20, 2012, 11:40:45 PM
What's so scary about doing it in AH?

You think there is an unlimited supply of planes in AH?  Well, you're right.
Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: MachFly on April 20, 2012, 11:43:55 PM
Quote from: curry1 on April 20, 2012, 11:41:44 PM
You think there is an unlimited supply of planes in AH?  Well, you're right.

lol
Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: Tupac on April 20, 2012, 11:56:31 PM
They didnt actually land without wheels. They went around.
Title: Re: Texting fail of the day: No landing gear
Post by: MachFly on April 21, 2012, 12:22:50 AM
Quote from: Tupac on April 20, 2012, 11:56:31 PM
They didnt actually land without wheels. They went around.

Exactly so no one would bother spending whole bunch of money just to investigate a missed.