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March 3rd, 2008, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: 07-15-2004
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Rough landing
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March 3rd, 2008, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: 05-09-2003
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I would have pooped as well.
Anyone see lastnight on Dateline the 10 most horrific accidents or something? There was a video of a plane crashing in water and people survived. |
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March 3rd, 2008, 12:36 PM
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March 3rd, 2008, 01:50 PM
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1. holy shit i definitely woulda shit my pants
2. that guy can be my pilot anytime...to pull back up when your sideways...he's got skill 3. shouldn't they cancel flights in gale force winds??? |
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March 3rd, 2008, 02:39 PM
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I thought they'd be diverted or something.
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March 3rd, 2008, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: 08-23-2004
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I saw that earlier...freakin nuts...I have a feeling that they are replacing ALL the seats in the plane.
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March 3rd, 2008, 03:23 PM
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Join Date: 12-28-2004
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they don't have enough xanax in the world to deal with that shit, this is exactly why we shouldn't board huge pieces of metal and expect nothing bad to happen when we say fuck gravity and go hurtling through the air.
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March 3rd, 2008, 03:30 PM
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Join Date: 06-08-2003
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I'd like to know why they were cleared to land, and how long it was before the guy in the tower got fired.
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March 3rd, 2008, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: 02-18-2008
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That's what I was thinking and when I brought it up I was told the pilot still makes the final call to divert? Is that true or does our office "know it all" strike again?
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March 3rd, 2008, 04:13 PM
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If it were a steady wind, he would have gotten down ok, but that last gust nearly blew the plane over. It had to have been 100 mph gust methinks. |
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March 3rd, 2008, 05:10 PM
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Did both wings touch ground or one?
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March 3rd, 2008, 05:16 PM
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I think just the left wing touched.
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March 3rd, 2008, 05:36 PM
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I would have hated to have the window seat over the wing.
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March 3rd, 2008, 06:19 PM
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Join Date: 07-14-2004
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OMG... i would have had a heart attack and died. I can't explain how much i hate flying... that would have been death.
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March 3rd, 2008, 06:26 PM
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Join Date: 06-08-2003
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I actually had a landing similar to that once. Granted, it wasn't as bad, and I didn't have 120 passengers on board, but it was bad. Just as I was touching down, a wind gust from out of nowhere damn near blew me over. The wing didn't hit the ground, but it was probably about 6 inches from it.
Instinct took over, and I got it straightened out, but even taxiing was brutal. I eventually put power back in and took off again. It took me about 20 minutes before I was calm enough to attempt another landing. There is truth behind the saying "scared the shit out of me". |
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