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mnhtnbb

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4. I used to laugh about the Delta pilots who landed at the wrong airport.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 01:52 PM

Mar 2015

Haha.

My husband and I were in Panama some years ago--long story--and flying back in a little plane
from the northwest part of the country to Panama City. I was sitting right behind the co-pilot.
I became aware that the pilot had fallen asleep. We were approaching Panama City and the co-pilot
clearly had a dilemma about whether to wake the pilot or make the approach/landing himself. I decided
to solve the problem and started VERY LOUDLY talking to my husband in the seat behind me. The pilot
woke up and landed the plane.

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Two pilots and the same plane -- Airbus 320--US Air 1549 and Germanwings 9525 [View all] mnhtnbb Mar 2015 OP

Yes, cwydro Mar 2015 #1

I used to laugh about the Delta pilots who landed at the wrong airport. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #4

Two pilots, and the plane was irrelevant brooklynite Mar 2015 #2

Yes, but didn't you see all the talk about the age/make of the plane? mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #5

Yes -- in the early period when the information about the copilot's actions weren't known brooklynite Mar 2015 #7

The truth is that airplane accident on commercial airliners are rare, and what happened to this still_one Mar 2015 #3

Yes, but the scary thing is that pilot screening did not pick up this guy's problems. mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #6

Thousands. GeorgeGist Mar 2015 #8

Human behavior is too variable. still_one Mar 2015 #9

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #10

It was either terrorism or the result of a very depressed individual. Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #11

if it was terrorism wouldn't they want others to know why they are doing what they did ? JI7 Mar 2015 #13

exactly, it's not the plane but the pilots. maybe they will require psychological examinations JI7 Mar 2015 #12