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Frankie · 07-31-2011, 01:17 PM

Passenger jet breakes in two! How safe are those planes we ride everyday?

http://news.yahoo.com/cheers-screams...185128270.html

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say a U.S. team is expected soon in the South American nation of Guyana to probe the crash of a Boeing 737 jetliner that all 163 people aboard survived.

Authorities so far have given little idea about the cause of Saturday's crash. The Caribbean Airlines plane ran off the end of a runway at Guyana's main airport and broke in two. About 30 people had to be treated at a local hospital, including the pilot.

The airline is largely owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and its prime minister has visited the crash site. Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is worried that the accident will hurt tourism to the Caribbean, a region that depends heavily on the industry.

evenfall · 08-04-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by fan4ever

...and there's absolutely no doubt you'll vote for him again.

9 out of 10 people who overrate their intelligence by several thousand percentage points will.

**Iowanian** · 08-04-2011, 03:19 PM

I have a relative who is a current airline pilot. He and his family just stopped in my office for a visit, and I showed him this photo and your post.

He was still laughing when he left 45 minutes later.

**Donger** · 08-04-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

I have a relative who is a current airline pilot. He and his family just stopped in my office for a visit, and I showed him this photo and your post.

He was still laughing when he left 45 minutes later.

So, you are stating that he is a bigot?

**Iowanian** · 08-04-2011, 03:23 PM

No, I'm saying he said he has 12,000 hours in a commercial plane in the cockpit and thinks Frankie is missing a chromosome.

**loochy** · 08-04-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

No, I'm saying he said he has 12,000 hours in a commercial plane in the cockpit and thinks Frankie is missing a chromosome.

Oh, so he IS a bigot then.

**loochy** · 08-04-2011, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Iowanian

No, I'm saying he said he has 12,000 hours in a commercial plane in the cockpit and thinks Frankie is missing a chromosome.

Oh yeah, your relative is an idiot and can only laugh if his IQ is above 190.

4th and Long · 08-04-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Can one (or some) of you provide some assistance? I don't remember writing this in this thread as Frankie says that I did: "I don't believe you." I'm kind of multi-tasking right now and don't have time to go through the entire thread. Your assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks.

OK ...

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Originally Posted by Donger

"I don't believe you."

How's that? Need anything else?

How about this?

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Originally Posted by Donger

That whole, round wheel thing, ... it'll never catch on.

I can use you as a ventriloquist's dummy some more if you like. All you have to do is ask.

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Originally Posted by Donger

No, but thanks for offering 4th. I appreciate it.

No problem, Donger. You're welcome, buddy.

**Saul Good** · 08-04-2011, 03:30 PM

So have we answered the real question here? How safe are those planes we fly in every day?

If they are going to fall apart every time they crash, I don't think they are very safe at all. I mean, thank God that crash happened on the ground. Could you imagine what would have happened if that plane had careened off the runway at 36,000 feet in the air? Bad news, man.

I think I'm going to write a letter to my congressman demanding that we immediately halt the use of any runways that are more than 25,000 off the ground until we can be assured that planes will not sustain damage when crashing.

**Saul Good** · 08-04-2011, 03:31 PM

So have we answered the real question here? How safe are those planes we fly in every day?

If they are going to fall apart every time they crash, I don't think they are very safe at all. I mean, thank God that crash happened on the ground. Could you imagine what would have happened if that plane had careened off the runway at 36,000 feet in the air? Bad news, man.

I think I'm going to write a letter to my congressman demanding that we immediately halt the use of any runways that are more than 25,000 off the ground until we can be assured that planes will not sustain damage when crashing.

**loochy** · 08-04-2011, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

So have we answered the real question here? How safe are those planes we fly in every day?

If they are going to fall apart every time they crash, I don't think they are very safe at all. I mean, thank God that crash happened on the ground. Could you imagine what would have happened if that plane had careened off the runway at 36,000 feet in the air? Bad news, man.

I think I'm going to write a letter to my congressman demanding that we immediately halt the use of any runways that are more than 25,000 off the ground until we can be assured that planes will not sustain damage when crashing.

Well I've been in 43 plane crashes in my life so the planes probably aren't very safe.

Discuss Thrower · 08-04-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Flowers for Algernon?

I tried to do a critical analysis of that book in that it should be considered a piece of "serious" literature. I'm fairly certain I failed miserably at doing it because I didn't put enough time into it, but the fact remains its premise is still relevant. Shit, Limitless is Flowers for Algernon without the sad ending.

BoltWalt · 08-04-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by noonan

Hey that could happen if it ran off the runway at 30,000 feet, don't laugh.

Where is there a runway at 30,000 feet? No where on earth.

**loochy** · 08-04-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BoltWalt

Where is there a runway at 30,000 feet? No where on earth.

You are right. There's not one ON Earth....it's ABOVE earth.

Pants · 08-04-2011, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BoltWalt

Where is there a runway at 30,000 feet? No where on earth.

Sounds like Frankie's mult.

**Donger** · 08-04-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 4th and Long

OK ...

How's that? Need anything else?

How about this?

I can use you as a ventriloquist's dummy some more if you like. All you have to do is ask.

No problem, Donger. You're welcome, buddy.

Okay, I deserved that.

07-31-2011, 01:17 PM
Frankie Banned Frankie's Avatar Join Date: Jul 2001	Broken Planes & Families, and the number 159 Passenger jet breakes in two! How safe are those planes we ride everyday? http://news.yahoo.com/cheers-screams...185128270.html GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say a U.S. team is expected soon in the South American nation of Guyana to probe the crash of a Boeing 737 jetliner that all 163 people aboard survived. Authorities so far have given little idea about the cause of Saturday's crash. The Caribbean Airlines plane ran off the end of a runway at Guyana's main airport and broke in two. About 30 people had to be treated at a local hospital, including the pilot. The airline is largely owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and its prime minister has visited the crash site. Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is worried that the accident will hurt tourism to the Caribbean, a region that depends heavily on the industry.
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08-04-2011, 03:19 PM	#647
Iowanian Supporter Iowanian's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia	I have a relative who is a current airline pilot. He and his family just stopped in my office for a visit, and I showed him this photo and your post. He was still laughing when he left 45 minutes later.
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08-04-2011, 03:23 PM	#649
Iowanian Supporter Iowanian's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia	No, I'm saying he said he has 12,000 hours in a commercial plane in the cockpit and thinks Frankie is missing a chromosome.
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08-04-2011, 03:30 PM	#653
Saul Good Quit your bullshit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bored of winning	So have we answered the real question here? How safe are those planes we fly in every day? If they are going to fall apart every time they crash, I don't think they are very safe at all. I mean, thank God that crash happened on the ground. Could you imagine what would have happened if that plane had careened off the runway at 36,000 feet in the air? Bad news, man. I think I'm going to write a letter to my congressman demanding that we immediately halt the use of any runways that are more than 25,000 off the ground until we can be assured that planes will not sustain damage when crashing.
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08-04-2011, 03:31 PM	#654
Saul Good Quit your bullshit Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bored of winning	So have we answered the real question here? How safe are those planes we fly in every day? If they are going to fall apart every time they crash, I don't think they are very safe at all. I mean, thank God that crash happened on the ground. Could you imagine what would have happened if that plane had careened off the runway at 36,000 feet in the air? Bad news, man. I think I'm going to write a letter to my congressman demanding that we immediately halt the use of any runways that are more than 25,000 off the ground until we can be assured that planes will not sustain damage when crashing.
Posts: 41,870