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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:49 PM Original message |
(Northwest) Flight Had No Contact for 3 Hours - Breaking |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. So...pilots spaced out, ATC not paying much attention either...nice. |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. spaced out, is that a new definition of asleep? |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Let me get this right... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeah. nt |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Yep. No shampoo for you, but planes we can't talk to are okay. |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I'm in Mpls too. Makes me not want to fly again. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. More proof that what we have is security theater, not better air security. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. not just minneapolis... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. And there you have it. All this baloney about "national security" |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pilot friends says there's speculation among pilots that this might have to do w a malfunction |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. the failure to respond to non-contact or the pilots being on their computers? |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. He said they couldn't make contact. He works for another major airline & doesn't fly Airbus. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. thanks - interesting given cell phones and computers on board but interesting |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. 3 hours doesn't make sense. One of those planes travels 150 miles in about 20 minutes. n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. why doesn't it make sense...? |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Trying to understand this... |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Already lost their licenses.Might as well come clean now. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Somebody or somebodies were definitely |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. cockpit sex? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. an airliner bathroom? |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Speaks volumes, even if the pilots were forever silent, doesn't it? n/t |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I can't believe they're appealing. And can't believe some people think that some people think |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. plus- there would have been cockpit alarms when they overshot msp... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. The entire flight was 3 hours long. Here, some info: |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Here is the flight tracker from that date. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. If I could do without flying, believe me I would. However, it would take 2 DAYS to get to a sick mom |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Three hours = About two complete human sleep cycles |
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W T F (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. NO NO NO! Fox News is not news! They got it wrong. Here's The FAA 's Letter... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Absolutely |
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CynicalObserver (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
30. the info made public so far is so carefully controlled I have no idea what happened here |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. This Has Been My Thought |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-09-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I wish this was an OP |
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