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emsimon33

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44. Trust me: The pilot DID NOT aim the plane at a neighborhood!

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:10 PM

Apr 2012

I grew up in the area of Virginia Beach where the jet crashed. A jet taking off or landing at NAS Oceana has a very small margin for error as the City Council of Virginia Beach has been the wh*or* of local developers for years and has permitted high density building right up to the very edges of the air station despite the Navy's urging that they not do so. If you look on Google Earth, you will see this.

The Navy has the jets take off and get out over the Atlantic Ocean which is very near by (about 5 blocks from where the jet crashed) as quickly as possible--within seconds. This had to be a catastrophic failure for the jet to go down where it did. I doubt that the pilot had any control over where the jet would go down. Another few seconds in the air and it would have been in the Atlantic.

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The pilots ejected with the plane aimed towards a residential area? [View all] PCIntern Apr 2012 OP

What the hell? Brickbat Apr 2012 #1

Maybe you should really think twice about ascribing political affiliation in an aviation disaster. n Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #2

Ok...I'll retract the part of the post.. PCIntern Apr 2012 #5

Funny that I did wonder why the captain has to go down with the ship malaise Apr 2012 #20

Got Link? MineralMan Apr 2012 #3

Or maybe the plane changed course after he ejected? Indydem Apr 2012 #4

The world isn't JUST YOU slampoet Apr 2012 #6

Boy did YOU miss the point... PCIntern Apr 2012 #8

Say hello to the person who is reading this in a month and wondering the same thing....... slampoet Apr 2012 #21

Maybe you don't have any idea what you're talking about, too. MineralMan Apr 2012 #7

Jeez... PCIntern Apr 2012 #9

The thing is that you have no idea what happened in that cockpit MineralMan Apr 2012 #16

Every loss of an aircraft is thoroughly investigated by the military. stevenleser Apr 2012 #23

Yup. We don't have the information needed to assess this yet. MineralMan Apr 2012 #27

Your response is extreme and completely unacceptable Strelnikov_ Apr 2012 #31

ROFL! Aerows Apr 2012 #32

I love it. LMAO stevenleser Apr 2012 #33

well said maddezmom Apr 2012 #38

Why do you assume they had control of the aircraft? nt hack89 Apr 2012 #37

Given where the jet crashed, there weren't many options for the pilot emsimon33 Apr 2012 #41

And adding the death of the pilot to an already horrific tragedy improves the situation in what way? GreydeeThos Apr 2012 #56

Perhaps they only bailed when they no longer could control the situation. Webster Green Apr 2012 #10

'Aimed?' elleng Apr 2012 #11

Planes that can't fly when it's windy? taterguy Apr 2012 #50

I think your second, non political explanation, nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #12

Maybe the pilot's ex-girlfriend lived in the apartment DefenseLawyer Apr 2012 #13

Perhaps they could not turn the plane away Marrah_G Apr 2012 #14

They had just Gin Apr 2012 #15

I heard on CNN that this was a training exercise. WilliamPitt Apr 2012 #17

From initial reports... Lost control after takeoff... Sounds like they dumped fuel KeepItReal Apr 2012 #18

Pilot Gin Apr 2012 #19

CNN: "All indications show they tried to make it to the beach" nt pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #22

When's the last time you went zipping around in a fighter snooper2 Apr 2012 #24

They are trained rigorously to eject Aerows Apr 2012 #25

+1 librechik Apr 2012 #28

Good Friday Gin Apr 2012 #26

They don't kmow about casualties yet malaise Apr 2012 #30

No casualties as yet according to WAVY TV emsimon33 Apr 2012 #48

If they had the ability to "aim" the plane, it wouldn't have crashed. tinrobot Apr 2012 #29

The must have attended the George Herbert Walker Bush Flight School Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #34

Don't blame the pilots, blame the city council of Virginia Beach emsimon33 Apr 2012 #42

I don't blame the pilots, and I regret my snark Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #51

Are you by chance referring to this incident? KansDem Apr 2012 #46

That is indeed the war "hero" incident Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #49

Problem is construction encroachment at Oceana Hangingon Apr 2012 #35

Every inch around Oceana is developed. hack89 Apr 2012 #36

I grew up in that area of Virginia Beach emsimon33 Apr 2012 #39

Physics took it out of their hands, if it was a stall out. nt sudopod Apr 2012 #40

"Aimed"? What makes you think they had control over the aircraft? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #43

Trust me: The pilot DID NOT aim the plane at a neighborhood! emsimon33 Apr 2012 #44

I read that the plane was not responding to controls. They would not have been able to direct it jwirr Apr 2012 #45

Try directing your concern toward the legislators who Skidmore Apr 2012 #47

Seriously? Better read more about the story: hedgehog Apr 2012 #52

Really good news malaise Apr 2012 #53

As stated numerous times on your thread and from initial reports rufus dog Apr 2012 #54

So, where will the ticker tape parade be for those 2 'heroes'? rrHeretic Apr 2012 #58

Haven't seen anyone call them heroes rufus dog Apr 2012 #61

You're so far out of bounds on this one, you really should just delete your OP and lock this mess. MerryBlooms Apr 2012 #55

Kudos rrHeretic Apr 2012 #57

PCIntern is taking flak for the stupidity of his post hack89 Apr 2012 #59

and you rrHeretic Apr 2012 #60

So being anti war justifies unsubstantiated attacks on the military? hack89 Apr 2012 #63

I'm inclined to wait until the investigation before blaming the pilots. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #62