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Cleita

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6. The fact that they were panicked and screaming before they

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 03:17 PM

Mar 2015

knew they were going to die just chills me to the bone. At least if you can think they were unconscious before impact it helps, but this will give me bad dreams for a very long time. You see there was a time in my life I had to cross the Andes twice a year in a prop plane before the jet age. The crossings were always turbulent and gut clenching. Several times when we hit an air pocket I feared we had bought it. I cry imagining what those poor people went through.

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Spending twenty years in the Air Force, I've seen my share of air incidents... [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2015 OP

I second your good thoughts, my dear MrScorpio... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #1

It is incredible, unbelievable, awful uppityperson Mar 2015 #2

I too have some aviation background Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #3

Fortunately the pilot did not target a city's populace. nt Malraiders Mar 2015 #4

If he didn't care about the 149 passengers and crew riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #5

I doubt he cared about anyone else, either, but it could have been a psychotic episode... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #21

Certainly not his sanest moment!! n/t Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #38

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #24

The fact that they were panicked and screaming before they Cleita Mar 2015 #6

Yowza. Was this before or after the infamous "Alive" incident? LeftinOH Mar 2015 #7

Before. Thank God. Cleita Mar 2015 #10

That is what haunts me the most. smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #43

Yes. Cleita Mar 2015 #46

((humanity)) blm Mar 2015 #8

Nicely put. WillowTree Mar 2015 #9

I agree with you madokie Mar 2015 #11

Check out my response in 21...we might discover that he had sinister motives... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #23

Terrible 10 minutes, but the end was quick thank goodness. Nt Logical Mar 2015 #12

Sheer madness. Chilling. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #13

As someone who holds an Airman's Certificate (the fancy term for "pilot's license")... MindPilot Mar 2015 #14

You talk as if he knew what he was doing and we just don't know that... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #25

That is entirely possible. MindPilot Mar 2015 #30

Looks like we'll have a better understanding of why soon... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #32

Makes no sense... Helen Borg Mar 2015 #15

Because sometimes people don't make rational decisions. eggplant Mar 2015 #48

Agreed, but his is a redescription of what happened, not an explanation of what happened. Helen Borg Mar 2015 #49

I feel as though I am in shock around this. FourScore Mar 2015 #16

i'm sorry because i have not heard this news. barbtries Mar 2015 #17

As much as they can confirm it... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #18

sigh. barbtries Mar 2015 #35

Police searches at his and his parents' home are beginning to reveal his mental state... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #26

A horrible story. cwydro Mar 2015 #19

That's an important point... regnaD kciN Mar 2015 #27

Yes. EgyptAir and the Japan airline cwydro Mar 2015 #28

Also the attempted FedEx suicide insurance scam. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2015 #40

Never heard of that one. cwydro Mar 2015 #41

Auburn Calloway. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #51

One of the things that make this worse Half-Century Man Mar 2015 #20

Policy is different in U.S., apparently TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #22

Exactly. cwydro Mar 2015 #29

More than one airline has already announced this change to policy Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #39

The irony's hard, but I think airlines are more in danger of hijackers than pilots who decide to... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #31

I wouldn't undo what I see as a prudent safety measure either. Half-Century Man Mar 2015 #36

My jury is still out on this... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #33

Horrible pscot Mar 2015 #34

It's like a government that sends innocent young people off to war valerief Mar 2015 #37

Amen, MrScorpio - ex USAF myself. raven mad Mar 2015 #42

Unfathomable, Mr Scorpio Cha Mar 2015 #44

Some of the Air Force veterans I have talked to recently told me that . . . Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #45

I'm no pilot but lofty1 Mar 2015 #47

The plane was not in a stall situation, according to the flight data. uppityperson Mar 2015 #50

the cheap money misers who believe 1 person in control are in a dead stop these days. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #52