"I'm off to change my underwear..."

[BrandonJ1780]

The thread-title is a quote from the article. Evidently, a British Airways jet was "seconds from disaster in US 'near collision'"...There was a thread here on the accident in Brazil not too long ago--this one sounded a little too similar. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=411695&in_page_id=1770&ct=5.

While you O's (or former O's) on Airwarriors are doing whatever it is you all do, I'll throw some news out there for ya when I find it; I don't have a whole lot else to contribute, but enjoy the site...Thanks.

 

[snizo]

Wow - Boeing 777's sure don't look like they used to.

 

[Carno]

A packed British Airways jet was just seconds from disaster after plummeting out of the sky in a dramatic near miss over America, it has emerged.

I ****ing love the wording they use here.

The next line goes on to say that they "plummeted out of the sky" for a distance of 600 feet. :sleep_125
I'm sure it was surprising and scary for the pax, but come on, the plane hardly plummeted out of the sky.

 

[PropStop]

yeah, 600', that's scary...not!

I flew through a TS once and we descended 1000', then climbed 2000' in about ten seconds. THAT was scary. Had to remove the seat cushion from my rear after that one.

 

[BrandonJ1780]

600' may not be a whole lot, but if you're sitting there just getting your coffee, it's still gonna suck...

 

[Fly Navy]

I media couldn't write an accurate, professional aviation article if a gun was put to their head.

Military and Aviation, two topics that show the ignorance level of your typical journalist.

 

[nittany03]

Military and Aviation, two topics that show the ignorance level of your typical journalist.

I sometimes wonder if it's the same in other specialized fields, but those just happen to be the only ones I'm qualified to judge in . . . No doubt.

 

[Fly Navy]

I sometimes wonder if it's the same in other specialized fields, but those just happen to be the only ones I'm qualified to judge in . . . No doubt.

I'll add another... firearms. Journalists are as dumb as apes when it comes to firearms.

 

[wink]

Had lots of TCAS RAs and never planted someone up on the overhead. Unless they actually saw an impending mid air, and they never saw the other aircraft, there is no reason for violent maneuvers. All you have to do is immediately apply smooth and deliberate pitch changes to descend or climb the aircraft at the rate of decent or climb commanded by the TCAS on the VSI display. I suspect the guys over controlled.

 

[TurnandBurn55]

I media couldn't write an accurate, professional aviation article if a gun was put to their head.

Military and Aviation, two topics that show the ignorance level of your typical journalist.

And when you combine those two together, you wonder why 35% of America thinks 9/11 was a government conspiracy (of commission or ommission). :sleep_125

That and 25% of America is just retarded.

 

[Fly Navy]

That and 25% of America is just retarded.

Great South Park episode.

 

[raptor10]

reaaaaaalllllllly?

 

[invertedflyer]

I was on an Airbus A320 a few months back and we were cruisin at around 36,000 ft. ... the movie had just ended and I opened up my window to see a Delta Airlines 737 pass less than 500 ft above us coming the opposite direction... I could even hear his engines... I think I was the only one that saw it and realized what almost happened... except for maybe the flight crew (hopefully eh!?) .....

 

[Fly Navy]

I was on an Airbus A320 a few months back and we were cruisin at around 36,000 ft. ... the movie had just ended and I opened up my window to see a Delta Airlines 737 pass less than 500 ft above us coming the opposite direction... I could even hear his engines... I think I was the only one that saw it and realized what almost happened... except for maybe the flight crew (hopefully eh!?) .....

And you know it was 500 feet how? At 500 ft, a 737 will fill up your window quite a bit. Got an eyeball cal?

 

[invertedflyer]

he was right there man... IF it was more than 500 ft. it wasn't by much --- I appreciate the skepticism though... =)