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30 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:
Worldwide there are roughly 100,000 passenger flights a day, the odds of you surviving a flight is pretty good, for now.
Yup. If your time is up, it's up. Hopefully a little situational awareness, some good safety & logic can forestall otherwise bad happenings...
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6 hours ago, sherpa said:
There's a few things to consider here.
First, someone above stated that since they landed there would be little fuel.
Not so. They were going to DFW and decided to land at Denver, having reduced thrust due to a no.3 engine vibration.
The vibration was reduced to within tolerances, but they decided to go to Denver anyway.
The likely reason they are standing on the wing is as follows:
This fire didn't start until they were at the gate with the jet bridge attached.
In a normal evacuation, which is pilot commanded, this command is given when the airplane is properly configured for it, and all the doors are armed, meaning the slides pop out when the door is opened.
In this case, they would have all been disarmed, which the flight attendants do once parked, ergo, no slides unless manually deployed, and the plane was shut down.
It is quite likely that a passenger or flight attendant saw the smoke and popped an overwing exit.
Without the flaps down, which they would have been if planning an evac, the folks were reluctant to sump the six feet or so from the top to the ground.
In this case, it is quite likely that someone decided to start the evac on their own.
I caught that, but wasn't sure where flight originated from.
Probably not a good situation to be standing on the fuel tank... Tank drawn down with more vapor in it might be worse than a full tank.
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1 hour ago, 4merper4mer said:
……thanks to lazy and easily duped lock operators.
Hey... Everyone/thing has a right to freely transit... It's in the Northwest Ordinance.
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@Mike in Horseheads... They landed so they should be pretty low on fuel. I think the fire was on the starboard engine... They are standing on the port wing... But, I probably would have tried to shimmy down OR hang jump. Give it an extra 6 feet. NOT sure wing supports my phat azz. LoL
7 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:Untill they get blown to smithereens when the wing expodes
Ooops... It's the fumes from the jet fuel that explode. Actually you're probably right... Empty tank w/high fumes can be dangerous! Why we don't lock empty petrol-chem barges with pleasure craft!
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6 hours ago, sherpa said:
Yes, certainly, and I understand the angst.
Still, statistically, the safest way to travel, corrupted by terrorists and the US consumer's demand for the lowest possible price, but it works.
I got absolutely no angst. I think prices should be lower and fly us by drone! 😆
Drone solves the issue:
1 hour ago, Mike in Horseheads said:If theres a fire in the engine why are they standing on the wings that contain the fuel?
Better than passed out in the cabin.
Anyway... What to you treat first, stopped breathing or bleeding out?
They ain't bleeding out YET!
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3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:
I'm beginning to think flying isn't safe anymore.
I am flying 2 Wednesdays from now... Wish me luck!
1 hour ago, Gugny said:Air Traffic Controllers effed up AGAIN!!
They most certainly sent that plane down the longest taxiway possible. This nonsense needs to stop!
25 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:Where is Figster to splain this to me?
Excuse me stewardess, I speak @Figster!
"The Tower did it!"
1 hour ago, Augie said:I feel a lot safer flying than I do driving to the airport in Atlanta.
Don't worry, we're working on changing that!😏
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I got da Covids two years later & I think I still gots it. /smdh
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Never missed a beat. OT like mad... Most money ever made. 2 straight weeks on 12 hour shifts, 1 week off.
Business as usual.
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Just had Lou Malnati's deep dish last night.
Chicago:
Deep Dish:
Chicago thin crust, cut tavern style (anywhere):
Buffalo:
Say Cheese Pizza, Grand Island:
http://www.saycheesepizza.com/
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26 minutes ago, Pre1236 said:
Von Miller?
Outlier.😆
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5 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
I remember when I got in great shape and dropped a bunch of weight and all my snoring disappeared. I think this is the key.@Another Fan, is your dad overweight at all?
Sometimes it is. But not always. Thin people snore too. With weight, what happens if people can't lose by the air passage...
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13 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:
I can’t believe you guys struggle so much with shopping carts. Just a bunch of shopping amateurs.
I am like a zen master at the grocery store with maneuvering my cart. I will also divert my plans to avoid heavy traffic area, leave my cart at a distance to pop through busy areas, strategically use end caps, etc.
maybe I can offer some lessons?
Over-confidence is just as bad today as "living your dream." 😆😉😜
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42 minutes ago, Just Jack said:
I stay to the side.
I love using peripheral vision AND situational awareness... It very seldom rubs off on people! But I try to set an example.
41 minutes ago, shrader said:I feel like it’s a more recent development, a new breed of the middle of the aisle people. They stand on the front corner of the cart and pull it, also taking up way too much space.
Millennial hitting middle age. Like standing during a game. They were taught from the womb to "live their dream."
Same with clueless driving.
...NOW get off my lawn!
8 minutes ago, Wacka said:The worst people with carts are at Wegman's on a Saturday. I use the motorized cart if I'm shopping all over the store because of a bad back. When I get to the intersection of aisles, I slowly inch out because I don't know how many times peope have come barreling down the cross aisle oblivious to cross traffic
Drive 'em into the end cap of tortillas! 😉
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1 hour ago, Sweats said:
I fell down the steps at my house one night, twisted my ankle and broke my foot. A couple of days later, i went out grocery shopping with my wife. I'm hobbling around, in pain and the place was packed........some dude ran his cart into my foot and completely twisted it sideways. I dropped to the floor in tears and the dude just walked away, no remorse, no care in the world, nothing.
..............many would say that i just don't like people and they would be right.
Rub some dirt on it & get back in the consumer game!
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1 hour ago, Sweats said:
So, it's just me that has certain particular store and restaurant policies?..........man, i got issues.
DEEP issues.😆
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1 hour ago, BringBackFlutie said:
Didn't you just post that you avoid girls who buy tampons?
Who buy JUST tampons. 😆
Nothing else on their trip out.
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1 hour ago, Sweats said:
......i deleted it.
😆... But they didn't...
Anyway, to answer your question:
NO.
Holy moly, stay chill my friend!
1 hour ago, PastaJoe said:Or they could be buying it for someone else. My mother made me go to the store for my sister when it was needed right away.
YOU know... This explains it all!😉😜
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2 hours ago, Augie said:
She swore she would die when she was 92, because that’s when her mother and her grandmother died. She’s 97 now. Maybe those years she abstained bought us these last few years, but I should mention she’s going to be angry if she has another birthday!
My neighbor two houses down will be 100 this year if she makes it to December!
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Anyway... If any of you get the bright idea to cash a paper check @ a bar... Beware, the owner probably use his mobile app, and holds your credit card with a $grand$ hold on it. 😆 It's 2025 dammit! Nachos cost $15... AND that pickle hardboiled egg in the jar on the bar? Forget about it... Above your pay grade unless proprietor holds another $500.
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16 minutes ago, Augie said:
Indeed, as were her friends, the boozers! My mother couldn’t drink any alcohol for decades for medical reasons. Her friends made up for her. They were the people who had their own bar stool at the same gin mill every day, and they would hold court there.
AND is she living the longest?
I am by far NOT a teetotaler, but alcohol doesn't add longevity!
Even saying... Really shouldn't touch it till 26 years or so old... That's full brain development...
White trash: Tennessee style
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