Posted on 03/23/2008 6:14:42 PM PDT by RDTF
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A US Airways pilot’s gun accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte Saturday, according to as statement released by the airline. The statement said the discharge happened on Flight 1536, which left Denver at approximately 6:45am and arrived in Charlotte at approximately 11:51am.
The Airbus A319 plane landed safely and none of the flight’s 124 passengers or five crew members was injured, according to the statement. It was a full flight. An airline spokeswoman said the plane has been taken out of service to make sure it is safe to return to flight. A Transportation Safety Administration spokeswoman reached by WCNC Sunday said the pilot is part of TSA’s Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program, which trains pilots to carry guns on flights.
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ditto.
Your opinion means little to a person like me who has carried a Glock since the 90’s without a single incident where it jumped off my desk and started discharging rounds.
I agree that the stupid and untrained should rely on several safety’s.
LOve my Taurus .45 Millenium Edition P145
Revolvers don’t have safeties at all.
Why didn’t you jump to the conclusion that it was a revolver rather than a Glock?
That’s just it. The Glock trigger can be depressed and the gun fired without having a finger on the trigger. They have discharged when being forced into a tight (new) holster and they can also discharge in purses or handbags where a lipstick case or a pen can work its way into the trigger guard and press on the trigger. I’ve seen several reports of such NDs with Glocks. I refuse to have one. Better to have no safety at all than a stupid safety.
Thank you. My old career Army dad taught me gun safety at a young age.
I don’t know why anyone would carry a pistol with a round chambered in an aircraft unless he was expecting big trouble. It’s not like it’s takes a long time to rack a slide. (I assume he wasn’t carrying a revolver.)
Even if you were going to parachute into combat, I don’t think you would exit the aircraft with a round chambered in your weapon.
A fly-by shooting?
A gun does not “accidentally discharge”.
Some moron pulled the trigger.
So, how does that differ from a standard revolver?
I believe pilots are all supposed to carry H&K USP’s. If so, there’s no ‘accident’ possible.
So you would never own a revolver either?
Putting an unholstered gun in a purse or bag is the NEGLIGENCE!
That is why some of us can carry a Glock safely and the negligent can’t.
I have heard of “Glock leg”.
I wouldn’t own one, ever.
I will guess that the protocol, at that point, is "let's wait and see what happens when the plane hits the ground."
Call home and say goodbye. Don't worry about the cell phone violation.
Prayers.
see post 18
I can see that.
Not quite the same though as being behind a locked door at 30K ft. I figure the pilot has at least a second or two to grab the gun and rack the slide if if trouble is brewing on the other side of that door.
And yea, I agree with you, I don't like Glocks at all.
That is the question that Glock haters avoid like the plague.
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