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[-] xkbx@startrek.website 187 points 4 weeks ago

Finally, the freedom to have sick plane crashes thanks to deregulation 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅💥💥💥

[-] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 12 points 4 weeks ago

Well it cost money and held yous back.

/s …Justin Case.

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 136 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

This is very dangerous. Time to remove regulations for collision warning systems on airplanes, so dangerous maneuvers like this don’t happen in the future

Tap for spoiler/s

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[-] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 130 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Is gutting the federal government working yet? Is the swamp drained? Is the winning complete? Are my bigoted piece of shit nazi flag flying neighbors satisfied yet?

[-] Screamium@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago
[-] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 weeks ago

Uh, what? Something like 80 % of their economy is now government spending.

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[-] notsure@fedia.io 90 points 4 weeks ago

...should we hire more tower administators, and look into the epstein files?....

[-] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 72 points 4 weeks ago

Remind us who cut funding to FAA?

[-] bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 82 points 4 weeks ago

This is Joe Biden s fault. I don't mean he cut funding or anything like that, I mean he was literally flying the other plane. It was full of woke trans immigrants headed to Texas so Democrats can get more votes while simultaneously rigging the election.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago

Obama was copilot? Smoking crack in the back in his tan suit? With Dijon mustard?

[-] Alaik@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 weeks ago

Smoking the mustard and putting crack on the hotdog.

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[-] zelahdieliekeis@piefed.blahaj.zone 70 points 4 weeks ago

Fuck Jimmy Dore, he turned against the queers. Last I saw a video of him interviewing with some bad-faith transmedicalist harassing people at pride acting all innocent like "I'm just asking questions" - his loud mouth was good as 2016 was going down but of course loudmouths don't always know when to shut it.

[-] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 26 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah Jimmy Dore fucks around with Alex Jones. They can both go to hell

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[-] prole 9 points 4 weeks ago

He's always been a grifter

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[-] ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world 52 points 4 weeks ago
[-] TeddE@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

You're right, but I don't think The Internet cares.

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[-] blackouttripleseven 43 points 4 weeks ago

stuff like this is why i'm lowkey terrified of flying also this isn't a shitpost

[-] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 weeks ago

So you'd rather stick to the ground, where you can't dive to avoid an oncoming vehicle?

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 42 points 4 weeks ago

Put your fking seatbelts on. All the time.

[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 35 points 4 weeks ago

TCAS is working overtime to make up for the years of neglecting the FAA.

[-] SpermHowitzer@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 weeks ago

TCAS warnings initially come up about 90 seconds before a potential collision, and a resolution advisory comes up about 60 seconds before a collision. A resolution advisory is obviously a serious situation, but it’s early enough that the climb or descent commands are really not anything crazy, not anything outside a normal climb or descent. No one should be hitting the ceiling if a tcas resolution is flown properly.

[-] Skunk@jlai.lu 19 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Once the flight smoothed out, Ulasewicz, who was traveling to Las Vegas, said the pilot made an announcement indicating the plane used software to avoid a midair collision.

Apparently it was right before catering service and well into AP flight. As a europoor I only master Airbus so I don’t know how a 737 is supposed to respond to a TA/RA.

Let’s wait for better sources than twitter and nbc.

[-] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 weeks ago

Do we have two pilots in here

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[-] exu@feditown.com 28 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

And that's why you always wear the seatbelt

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[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago

Sitting in an airport right now. Great.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 26 points 4 weeks ago

Can I have your computer if you die?

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[-] Cerothen@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 weeks ago

Relevant news story about air traffic control.

https://youtu.be/YeABJbvcJ_k

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[-] DesolateMood@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 weeks ago

Don't planes have seatbelts? How did so many people manage to fly out of their seats?

Also friendly reminder to everybody that planes are still the safest mode of transportation by a significant margin

[-] shane@feddit.nl 46 points 4 weeks ago

Planes are the safest form of transportation if you look at safety per km travelled. If you look at other metrics, like safety per trip or per travel time then they are less safe than busses or trains.

https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/184330

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Last time I posted something about this, it was downvoted to oblivion. Glad to see that didn’t happen here. There are some statistical quirks that make this obvious once you think about it though.

Planes tend to make long trips, so anything measured on a per-km basis is going to be wildly diluted. Nobody is taking a plane to travel a few blocks. Something like a car will tend to make much shorter (but more frequent) trips, so the per-km stat won’t be diluted. But inversely, the per-trip stat will be diluted with cars, purely because they’re used much more often.

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[-] Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

It sure feels like that margin has been shrinking in the last year or so.

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

They have seatbelts, but for the most of the flight they are unused - you only need to buckle in during takeoff, landing, and if when encountering turbulence.

I guess there wasn't enough time to get all the passengers to fasten their seatbelts before the collision?

[-] rollerbang@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago

Where I fly they also always advise to remain fastener regardless of no immediate warnigs. Exactly for situations like this - and others.

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[-] 18107@aussie.zone 14 points 4 weeks ago

I wonder if you've ever listened to the part of the safety briefing before every flight where they instruct you to keep the seatbelt fastened throughout the entire flight.

Judging by the number of clicks I hear when the seatbelt light turns off, I'd say most people don't.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

You should always have the belt on unless you are standing up for some reason. This story is exactly why.

[-] other_cat@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

And this is why I don't fly anymore. It was never an enjoyable experience (except takeoff. Wee!!) and now it's even less worth it.

Now I find myself having a depressed opinion on the lack of train options.

[-] Sergio@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago
[-] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

If only there were a device to keep you in your seat when something like this happens

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago
[-] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago

I'm flying out of Burbank Monday 😃

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