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Mar 24, 2015 10:42 PM
Flying. Too many crazy drivers who aren't paying attention on the road.

Or you have a drunk like this driving for 15+ miles in the wrong direction last night in Columbus. Coming back from a church retreat I bet they thought they were safe driving there.

http://www.abc6onyourside.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/1-Dead-5-Injured-in-Madison-County-Wrong-Way-Crash-106401.shtml#.VRIgK1waUio
Mar 24, 2015 10:42pm
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Tiernan

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Mar 25, 2015 9:58 AM
Its not even possible to drive a car into the side of a mountain...now you CAN drive one OFF the side of a mountain.
Mar 25, 2015 9:58am
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Mar 25, 2015 10:34 AM
A thread about people dying in a plane crash?

Let me put out the customary, "LOL".
Mar 25, 2015 10:34am
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Mar 25, 2015 10:35 AM
TedSheckler;1716216 wrote:A thread about people dying in a plane crash?

Let me put out the customary, "LOL".
Good point. Plus we have Said posting on this thread so he can have a good laugh.
Mar 25, 2015 10:35am
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Mar 25, 2015 10:41 AM
SportsAndLady;1716218 wrote:Good point. Plus we have Said posting on this thread so he can have a good laugh.
Good 1 vin'
Mar 25, 2015 10:41am
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Mar 25, 2015 11:41 AM
How many usernames does said actively use now? 5?
Mar 25, 2015 11:41am
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Mar 25, 2015 11:47 AM
like_that;1716233 wrote:How many usernames does said actively use now? 5?
Less than 6.
Mar 25, 2015 11:47am
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Mar 25, 2015 2:01 PM
Apparently a swiss soccer team at the last moment changed their flights or they woulda been on the flight.
Mar 25, 2015 2:01pm
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Mar 25, 2015 3:24 PM
thavoice;1716265 wrote:Apparently a swiss soccer team at the last moment changed their flights or they woulda been on the flight.
THANK GOD /thread
Mar 25, 2015 3:24pm
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Mar 25, 2015 4:07 PM
thavoice;1716265 wrote:Apparently a swiss soccer team at the last moment changed their flights or they woulda been on the flight.
Too bad. The only thing more disappointing would have been if the German Bar Association had been scheduled to be on the flight and canceled.
Mar 25, 2015 4:07pm
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Mar 25, 2015 4:18 PM
Oh look everybody, tiernan's drunk again!

POS
Mar 25, 2015 4:18pm
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Mar 25, 2015 4:20 PM
sleeper;1716031 wrote:I had to edit it because the site I pulled the info from used selective data.
Whew! You had me worried for a bit. I figured it was a bit more than the original figure over the past 65 years, but I didn't realize it was as high as it was - the 1977 Tenerife crash had 500 deaths alone, and the years 1972 and 1985 each had 2500 deaths, see third chart down:

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/cause.htm
Mar 25, 2015 4:20pm
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Mar 25, 2015 4:31 PM
SportsAndLady;1716301 wrote:Oh look everybody, tiernan's drunk again!

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Hey look everybody...I was a grass fairy and played soccer in HS and now I'm calling out Tiernan for making fun of soccer in general.
Mar 25, 2015 4:31pm
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Mar 25, 2015 5:33 PM
You're not making fun of soccer you're wishing a bunch of children were on a plane that crashed.

But I don't even know why I'm responding to you, you'll be banned from here in due time.
Mar 25, 2015 5:33pm
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Mar 25, 2015 5:39 PM
SportsAndLady;1716314 wrote:...
But I don't even know why I'm responding to you...
Uh because I'm in your nightmares?
Mar 25, 2015 5:39pm
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Mar 25, 2015 10:06 PM
Well, the latest report is not too encouraging: one of the pilots locked out of the cockpit.

I hate to say that I said this smelled fishy, but there is no way the plane descended from 38k ft over 8 minutes without a distress call unless something really crazy was going on.

God bless the deceased and their families.
Mar 25, 2015 10:06pm
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Mar 25, 2015 10:44 PM
QuakerOats;1716341 wrote:Well, the latest report is not too encouraging: one of the pilots locked out of the cockpit.
That doesn't sound good. I remembered during the Flight 370 incident they said a depressurization event COULD render pilots unconscious and that the plane would automatically descend to below 10k feet for breathable air.

WTF is wrong with these people? If you want to kill yourself, do it at home and don't take others with you.
Mar 25, 2015 10:44pm
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Mar 26, 2015 12:41 AM
prayers to those families.
Mar 26, 2015 12:41am
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Mar 26, 2015 2:01 AM
QuakerOats;1716341 wrote:Well, the latest report is not too encouraging: one of the pilots locked out of the cockpit.

I hate to say that I said this smelled fishy, but there is no way the plane descended from 38k ft over 8 minutes without a distress call unless something really crazy was going on.

God bless the deceased and their families.
How did they know it was a pilot? What if it was a stewardess or something trying to figure out why the plane was flying upside down or some shit?

Either way, I found this in an article I just read:
If a member of the flight crew doesn't open the locked cockpit door from the inside, according to a manual for the Airbus A320 available online, the door can also be unlocked by the cabin crew outside the cockpit by entering a two- to seven-digit code, pre-programmed by the airline, on a keypad.
Mar 26, 2015 2:01am
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Mar 26, 2015 2:19 AM
Glory Days;1716360 wrote:How did they know it was a pilot? What if it was a stewardess or something trying to figure out why the plane was flying upside down or some shit?

Either way, I found this in an article I just read:
I was wondering if they had a code to get in. Makes sense that they would.

If the cabin depressurized, at that altitude you may have only 30 seconds of useful consciousness. I could see how punching in a code might be difficult. But the crew has air tanks and larger reserves, so that doesn't explain why he didn't open the door.
Mar 26, 2015 2:19am
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Mar 26, 2015 7:45 AM
Also read about the code to get in but did read that the person inside the cabin has the ability to deny code access.

So maybe that's what happened and the pilot inside the cabin was trying to take the plane down/suicidal?
Mar 26, 2015 7:45am
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Mar 26, 2015 8:15 AM
Tiernan;1716210 wrote:Its not even possible to drive a car into the side of a mountain...now you CAN drive one OFF the side of a mountain.
Are you dumb? You know when you're driving through Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia..., and there are those huge walls of rock on either side of the road? Yeah, those are mountains. If you turn wrong, you most certainly can drive your car into the side of a mountain.
Mar 26, 2015 8:15am
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Mar 26, 2015 9:17 AM
So not suicide, but homicide.

Jesus Christ
Mar 26, 2015 9:17am