Had to be premeditated...multiple camera angles suggest at least a few people were aware it was going to happen. https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=31a_1508315027

(Written on 2017年 10月 18日)(Permalink)

"Just to do it." You must mean, "to do his job to feed his family"? I don't get the anger here...the context hardly seems to call for it. Can you elaborate? The caption explains that the aircraft is being scrapped. Is there a preferable fate that is economically viable? Personally, I thought that was an excellent slideshow...62 pics in a Gannett feature seems like a treasure trove.

(Written on 2017年 08月 18日)(Permalink)

You serious, Clark?

(Written on 2017年 08月 03日)(Permalink)

Maybe I was being a bit too tongue-in-cheek. I tend to agree that the technology would probably have worked. I was more amused at the fact that the passenger was inadvertently outed as being a flagrant violator of the airline's rules and FAA regs on the use of mobile devices in flight. :)

(Written on 2015年 04月 08日)(Permalink)

It is in the article linked by Jeff Lawson, 6th paragraph. "Kamath said he called his wife’s cell phone, then received a text message from her saying the runway lights were off and the plane was circling the airport."

(Written on 2015年 04月 08日)(Permalink)

How was the doctor's wife able to send him a text message while she was in flight? Even if the aircraft was equipped with wi-fi (it was an American Eagle regional jet), would the wi-fi have not been disabled while circling below 10,000 feet?

(Written on 2015年 04月 08日)(Permalink)