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Report: Pilot mistook Venus for aircraft, plunged plane toward Atlantic
foxnews.com ^
| 4/17/12
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Posted on 04/17/2012 11:45:59 AM PDT by onlylewis
An Air Canada pilot mistook the planet Venus for another aircraft and plunged his plane towards the Atlantic Ocean to avoid a collision.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/17/16-injured-after-pilot-mistakes-venus-for-aircraft-plunges-plane-toward/?test=latestnews#ixzz1sKAemkMr
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; flight; plane; ufo; venus
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To: Upstate NY Guy; ArrogantBustard
The thing I don't understand is how he would see Venus when flying east (Toronto to Zurich) in the evening over the Atlantic."The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus. "
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posted on
04/18/2012 6:24:49 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: ArrogantBustard
It has to be experienced to be properly appreciated.Nothing like being in the air, and feeling SO LOST you don't even know where the Planet is.
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posted on
04/18/2012 6:46:45 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: A.A. Cunningham; UpStateNY
Venus is high and bright in the western sky right now.Where was Venus in the sky when this occurred in January 2011?
I am thinking it was right in front of that plane.
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posted on
04/18/2012 6:50:05 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: Upstate NY Guy
Well, you’re not flying east, you’re flying Northeast, maybe NNE, and you’re on the left (NW side, maybe WNW side) of the deck. You could see Venus from there over your left shoulder, especially since Venus has been a little north of due west..
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posted on
04/18/2012 7:01:54 AM PDT
by
cookcounty
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To: cookcounty
Ooops January, 2011. Never mind.
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posted on
04/18/2012 7:04:28 AM PDT
by
cookcounty
(We need Newt. The Black Belt Jaw-jitsu Master!)
To: cookcounty
That's a good answer, Cookcounty. But it turns out I misread the original article. The incident actually occurred 15 months ago - Jan 2011. And Venus was in the east (morning sky) during that time. I guess it takes a long time to complete the investigation and incident reports, which makes sense considering the gravity of these situations.
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Thanks onlylewis. An “extra, extra” ping to the APoD list members.
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04/20/2012 8:29:23 PM PDT
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posted on
04/29/2012 2:48:41 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Dave
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To: onlylewis
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:04:48 PM PDT
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doug from upland
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To: Secret Agent Man
Pity the pilot who doesn’t know Uranus from hole in the ground.
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
Thanks onlylewis. From the 17th, can't imagine what made me finally ping this list. ;')
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04/29/2012 3:27:48 PM PDT
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To: Las Vegas Dave
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04/29/2012 3:29:57 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: onlylewis
He went to the JFK Jr. School of Flying?
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posted on
04/29/2012 3:31:50 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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