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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:41 PM Original message |
Here it is: Pilot disorientation in the clouds, like JFK Jr. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. A plausible theory it is.... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mechanical failure |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And might have been trying to crash land in river. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. the river is only a few blocks away |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. A block away, actually. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. It was NOT a helicopter |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Thanks |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. that's probably what happened... |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Being reported that plane was under VFR. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. There was an eight-mile visibility! |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. real nasty weather..and low ceilings and foggy...this is not |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. 1800 ft. cig, 8 mi viz. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Where's the info from? NWS? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I checked it at my DUATS a few minutes after it happened. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. thanks for clearing all this up. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. of course NY'ers are scarey no matter what..NY news says |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I hope we're scarey. I am so furious right now I could scream. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. What would you suggest, outlaw aircraft? |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Post of the Day! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't understand how they get a license if |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. An instrument rating is NOT necessary to fly clear of the clouds. |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. Pilot could have had a stroke or a heart attack |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. More on spatial disorientation. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. very grey sky right now..and low foggy like weather..not full fog.. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. "condensation type fog"??? Is there another kind? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Cranky? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Actually, I do get cranky when people post ridiculous crap. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Well, uncrank, and have a soda on me |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I'll uncrank with a beer. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The horizontal indicator |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. That is possible with very low visibility and/or at night. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Legally yes but very very stupid to attempt to do so at night |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. What I don't understand is why it's legal for someone who isn't |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Well, if it were up to me, they wouldn't but they don't let me make the |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. REPEAT: Visibility was 8 miles the night JFK Jr. died. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. A cherokee is a single engine aircraft. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Oops, it was a Bechcraft Sierra, crashed in Manahawkin, NJ. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. A Sierra is also a single engine plane. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I stand corrected. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. "plane flying at 800 feet when it made a radical turn and crashed" |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Remote control? |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Headed for La Guardia and turned the wrong way? |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. My husband, who's a pilot (among other things) points out that |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. But it was already off the flight plan. |
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