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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Sunday 1/18/09 - 11:48:20 PM EST (GMT-5)
No. What's the point in worrying about something you have no control over?
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lightzeaka
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 12:44:19 AM EST (GMT-5)
Anither thng is, Birds have been here before planes. we need to back off
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 1:17:10 AM EST (GMT-5)
OMG, it's not a frickin' "miracle."
And no, I've always know that birds and plane engines don't mix.
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lightzeaka
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 1:23:46 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Monday 1/19/09 - 1:17:10 AM Courtbebe wrote:
OMG, it's not a frickin' "miracle." And no, I've always know that birds and plane engines don't mix. |
its a miracle that nobody died ;/ get a hold of yourself |
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 1:24:58 AM EST (GMT-5)
No, it's not a miracle in any way.
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 1:29:18 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Monday 1/19/09 - 1:24:58 AM Courtbebe wrote:
No, it's not a miracle in any way. |
Even if you don't take the religious definition, and the colloquial one: "mere chance that something terrible didn't happen" - it's still a frickin miracle. |
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 1:34:12 AM EST (GMT-5)
I wouldn't call it mere chance, but it was an unlikely outcome.
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 2:45:11 AM EST (GMT-5)
I just wonder why it doesn't happen more often.
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 2:48:48 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Monday 1/19/09 - 2:45:11 AM greenandblue wrote:
I just wonder why it doesn't happen more often. |
Bird/plane collisions are actually pretty common.
Taking down both engines is pretty rare, though. |
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 10:56:48 AM EST (GMT-5)
On Monday 1/19/09 - 1:24:58 AM Courtbebe wrote:
No, it's not a miracle in any way. |
Have to disagree as others have - that was definitely a miracle. If any little variable had been changed, not everyone would have survived. |
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 12:32:51 PM EST (GMT-5)
I'm waiting for PETA to come out with a call to ban airplanes...
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hamalina
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 12:35:09 PM EST (GMT-5)
Every time somebody wins the lottery must be another miracle happening, then? 'Cause if any little variable had been changed, the lottery wouldn't have been won.
Anyway, wasn't there some ultrasound device on airplanes that's supposed to scare birds away?
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 12:38:10 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Monday 1/19/09 - 12:35:09 PM hamalina wrote:
Every time somebody wins the lottery must be another miracle happening, then? 'Cause if any little variable had been changed, the lottery wouldn't have been won. |
Except it's not tragic when someone doesn't win the lottery. |
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 12:49:27 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Monday 1/19/09 - 12:35:09 PM hamalina wrote:
Every time somebody wins the lottery must be another miracle happening, then? 'Cause if any little variable had been changed, the lottery wouldn't have been won. Anyway, wasn't there some ultrasound device on airplanes that's supposed to scare birds away? |
I'm not sure how well such a thing would work- - the roar of the jet engines would probably have the same effect. Unfortunately, birds really don't hear all that well.
The jet is moving much faster than a bird- - by the time a bird would change direction to "get away" from an approaching jetliner, it would likely already be too late...
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/19/09 - 1:03:10 PM EST (GMT-5)
I'm more afraid that the driver in the next lane is going to do something stupid than I am about birds and airplains.
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 1/20/09 - 12:32:34 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Tuesday 1/20/09 - 10:23:49 AM KikiPeepers wrote:
And they still had the plane in action?! [link] |
Do you continue to drive your car after a mechanical problem is found and fixed?
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 1/20/09 - 10:07:18 PM EST (GMT-5)
The link changed so I can't refer to it, but I don't recall them saying it was fixed.
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13 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Tuesday 1/20/09 - 11:03:38 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Tuesday 1/20/09 - 10:07:18 PM KikiPeepers wrote:
The link changed so I can't refer to it, but I don't recall them saying it was fixed. |
How do you think the investigators found out about it? They read through the maintenance/repair log...
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13 yrs ago, 3 mos ago - Tuesday 2/3/09 - 7:16:00 PM EST (GMT-5)
On Tuesday 2/3/09 - 1:34:13 PM KikiPeepers wrote:
OMG they are like the Titanic - not enough life rafts. [link] |
Sweet. I want to be on one of those planes. I like it when the plane is only half full. |
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juliewillard
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13 yrs ago, 3 mos ago - Monday 2/9/09 - 11:05:07 AM EST (GMT-5)
dude that sucks!
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12 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/14/10 - 2:14:07 PM EST (GMT-5)
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mer_359
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12 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Thursday 1/14/10 - 2:41:11 PM EST (GMT-5)
being in an airplane freaks me out in itself...
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12 yrs ago, 2 mos ago - Wednesday 3/3/10 - 11:09:03 PM EST (GMT-5)
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