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AirAsia pilot flies to Melbourne instead of Malaysia after navigation error
the guardian ^
| 8 sept 2016
| Georgina Mitchell
Posted on 09/07/2016 4:17:49 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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All fun until you have to make like the Gimli Glider over the ocean.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:17:49 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Air Asia? Insert Sum Ting Wong joke here. LOL.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:21:03 PM PDT
by
lodi90
(Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Geez, who hasn't gone to the wrong continent at some point in their lives?
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:21:12 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Luckily this guy wasn’t leading the Doolittle Raid.
To: DUMBGRUNT
At least they didn’t land where MH370 landed.
To: Ken H
Backing into another car in a parking lot is way worse.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:34:22 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
(Democrats are the Liquidate America Party)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Melbourne, Fla. (MLB)? That’s a long way from Malaysia.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:34:28 PM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
To: Redcitizen
Is still called landed, when deep in the ocean?
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:35:55 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
That is worse than Wrong Way Feldman. Actually I don’t really know but it might be.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:36:53 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: lodi90
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:37:43 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Yeah. The ground might be a little bit wet.
To: yarddog
The castaways discover that famed but long-lost pilot Wrongway Feldman and his plane are on the island. They try to convince him to fly to civilization and ...
Had to look that one up,laughed when I saw the source.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:39:19 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Well, they both start with the letter M. Could happen to anybody. At least it wasn’t Missoula, Montana.
To: DUMBGRUNT
Melbourne airport is 722km southwest of Sydney. Kuala Lumpur is 6,611km northwest. 7,000km is so darned close anyone could have made that mistake.
To: Fiji Hill
Melbourne, Fla. (MLB)? That’s a long way from Malaysia.So is Melbourne,Australia.
To: DUMBGRUNT
Gilligan’s Island is one of those shows where you shouldn’t think too much.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:43:41 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Check compass heading and do not rely on autopilot inputs......oooppssss
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:44:22 PM PDT
by
Mat_Helm
To: Cementjungle
That’s right.
No harm, no foul.
No Blood, No Foul??
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:45:59 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: Mat_Helm
Check compass heading and do not rely on autopilot inputs......oooppssss Who would know, with all the instruments staring back at you.
They say, if you really want to screw something up, you need a computer.
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:49:15 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Too much automation in the cockpit. Pilots seem to be taught to manage systems more than actually flying the plane. The pilot flies the computer while the computer flies the plane.
CC
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posted on
09/07/2016 4:59:56 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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