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Plane overshoots Mumbai as both pilots go to sleep
Times of India ^ | 6/26/08

Posted on 06/26/2008 11:16:08 AM PDT by LibWhacker

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To: LibWhacker
The flight schedules of pilots prior to this flight is not known.

Might want to check their bar schedules as well.

21 posted on 06/26/2008 12:19:10 PM PDT by Recovering Hermit ("A liberal feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.")
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To: TommyDale

And a US-based crew overshot Hawaii some time ago.
Woke up from their nap 10 minutes past the big island.


22 posted on 06/26/2008 12:25:14 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: LibWhacker

Too damn funny.

Usually when the pilots say “Lay back and relax and enjoy the flight” it’s for the passengers....


23 posted on 06/26/2008 12:31:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: muleskinner; Eepsy

LOL!

So do you still refer to New York as New Amsterdam?


24 posted on 06/26/2008 12:40:25 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

No, but I’ll always have Constantinople....


25 posted on 06/26/2008 12:44:41 PM PDT by Eepsy (12-26-2008 +1)
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To: LibWhacker

Why do I have a mental image of the pilot mumbling something about birdie num-nums?


26 posted on 06/26/2008 12:46:50 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Eepsy

You mean, Byzantion :)


27 posted on 06/26/2008 12:51:08 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: Eepsy

Banner of Constantinople

:^)

28 posted on 06/26/2008 12:56:00 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: LibWhacker

Are they the same pilots that flew Hawaiian Ail that overshot the runway in Hawaii??


29 posted on 06/26/2008 1:04:07 PM PDT by MaineConservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

aerospace ping


30 posted on 06/26/2008 1:10:49 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: C210N
Not a good location to catch up on zzz's. With fuel levels carefully measured for just the flight (plus legal reserves of 45 minutes), only a few minutes longer would have caused a forced ocean ditching.

Did they get fired?

31 posted on 06/26/2008 1:39:17 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.)
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BUMP!


32 posted on 06/26/2008 5:06:34 PM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: muleskinner
What happened to Bombay?

This was a commercial airliner, silly.

≤}B^)

33 posted on 06/26/2008 5:47:45 PM PDT by Erasmus (I invited Benoit Mandelbrot to the Shoreline Grill, but he never quite made it.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Well, I call that territory betweeen Tejas and Arizona “New New Spain.”


34 posted on 06/26/2008 5:53:41 PM PDT by Erasmus (I invited Benoit Mandelbrot to the Shoreline Grill, but he never quite made it.)
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To: TommyDale

“overshooting SFO all the way out the the Farallon Islands,”

I can imagine both pilots waking up, “MY GOD, the big one hit and everything has sunk into the Pacific!”


35 posted on 06/26/2008 5:58:28 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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