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To: El Gato; Don Corleone; EBH; onyx; imjimbo; Liz; ZX12R; Dinah Lord; GraceG; livius; All

From a pilot

“Once airborne there are limited options. Talking to the flight attendants and moving seats is basically all you can do. A divert takes time and would be a major emergency. On the flight I diverted for security issues we had an F-16 on our tail, ready to shoot us down if we didn’t immediately land.”

READ it here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2422001/posts?page=59


161 posted on 01/08/2010 8:33:05 PM PST by STARWISE (.They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: STARWISE

Exactly.

That is why way back at post #96, I said it is time for all travelers to sit down with their family and discuss this kind of scenario.

They will shoot the plane down. You will die.


171 posted on 01/09/2010 5:16:17 AM PST by EBH (it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government)
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