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Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight
wcnc via Drudge Report ^ | March 23, 2008 | DIANA RUGG

Posted on 03/23/2008 6:14:42 PM PDT by RDTF

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A US Airways pilot’s gun accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte Saturday, according to as statement released by the airline. The statement said the discharge happened on Flight 1536, which left Denver at approximately 6:45am and arrived in Charlotte at approximately 11:51am.

The Airbus A319 plane landed safely and none of the flight’s 124 passengers or five crew members was injured, according to the statement. It was a full flight. An airline spokeswoman said the plane has been taken out of service to make sure it is safe to return to flight. A Transportation Safety Administration spokeswoman reached by WCNC Sunday said the pilot is part of TSA’s Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program, which trains pilots to carry guns on flights.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airlines; armedpilots; banglist; ffdo; tsa; usairways
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To: infantrywhooah

ditto.


41 posted on 03/23/2008 6:37:56 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: Kirkwood

Your opinion means little to a person like me who has carried a Glock since the 90’s without a single incident where it jumped off my desk and started discharging rounds.

I agree that the stupid and untrained should rely on several safety’s.


42 posted on 03/23/2008 6:39:01 PM PDT by Eaker (2 Thessalonians 3:10 “... He that will not work, neither should he eat.”)
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To: Kirkwood

LOve my Taurus .45 Millenium Edition P145


43 posted on 03/23/2008 6:40:09 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? ((Ok, Im the official Pit Bull Defender/If you can't stand behind our troops, stand in front of them.)
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To: Kirkwood

Revolvers don’t have safeties at all.

Why didn’t you jump to the conclusion that it was a revolver rather than a Glock?


44 posted on 03/23/2008 6:40:26 PM PDT by Eaker (2 Thessalonians 3:10 “... He that will not work, neither should he eat.”)
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To: Eaker

That’s just it. The Glock trigger can be depressed and the gun fired without having a finger on the trigger. They have discharged when being forced into a tight (new) holster and they can also discharge in purses or handbags where a lipstick case or a pen can work its way into the trigger guard and press on the trigger. I’ve seen several reports of such NDs with Glocks. I refuse to have one. Better to have no safety at all than a stupid safety.


45 posted on 03/23/2008 6:40:52 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Ask me again tomorrow.)
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To: infantrywhooah

Thank you. My old career Army dad taught me gun safety at a young age.

I don’t know why anyone would carry a pistol with a round chambered in an aircraft unless he was expecting big trouble. It’s not like it’s takes a long time to rack a slide. (I assume he wasn’t carrying a revolver.)

Even if you were going to parachute into combat, I don’t think you would exit the aircraft with a round chambered in your weapon.


46 posted on 03/23/2008 6:43:03 PM PDT by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam. TWP VRWC)
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To: Eaker; sit-rep; Squantos

A fly-by shooting?


47 posted on 03/23/2008 6:43:18 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Still looking for UART at FX1050)
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To: RDTF

A gun does not “accidentally discharge”.
Some moron pulled the trigger.


48 posted on 03/23/2008 6:43:38 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Kirkwood

So, how does that differ from a standard revolver?


49 posted on 03/23/2008 6:44:06 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Let's win Congress - the Presidency is lost!)
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To: RDTF

I believe pilots are all supposed to carry H&K USP’s. If so, there’s no ‘accident’ possible.


50 posted on 03/23/2008 6:44:43 PM PDT by MartinStyles
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To: Kirkwood

So you would never own a revolver either?

Putting an unholstered gun in a purse or bag is the NEGLIGENCE!

That is why some of us can carry a Glock safely and the negligent can’t.


51 posted on 03/23/2008 6:44:55 PM PDT by Eaker (2 Thessalonians 3:10 “... He that will not work, neither should he eat.”)
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To: Kirkwood

I have heard of “Glock leg”.
I wouldn’t own one, ever.


52 posted on 03/23/2008 6:44:59 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: seacapn
Speaking of that, what’s the protocol if a pilot suddenly decides to shoot dead his copilot, for whatever reason, then hides behind those reinforced cockpit doors?

I will guess that the protocol, at that point, is "let's wait and see what happens when the plane hits the ground."

53 posted on 03/23/2008 6:45:23 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: seacapn
...what’s the protocol if a pilot suddenly decides to shoot dead his copilot...

Call home and say goodbye. Don't worry about the cell phone violation.

54 posted on 03/23/2008 6:45:52 PM PDT by 386wt (Be free and don't die!)
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To: seacapn
Speaking of that, what’s the protocol if a pilot suddenly decides to shoot dead his copilot, for whatever reason, then hides behind those reinforced cockpit doors?

Prayers.

55 posted on 03/23/2008 6:46:03 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (Experience Change!)
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To: Eaker
Every handgun (or weapon for that matter) has a safety. It's called the person with his finger on the trigger. No amount of engineering can (or should) take the place of a responsible person exercising gun safety.
56 posted on 03/23/2008 6:46:23 PM PDT by infantrywhooah
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To: Lancey Howard; Kirkwood

see post 18


57 posted on 03/23/2008 6:46:30 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: RDTF

58 posted on 03/23/2008 6:46:46 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Emmett McCarthy
You mean on your person, out and about in the real wooly world?

I can see that.

Not quite the same though as being behind a locked door at 30K ft. I figure the pilot has at least a second or two to grab the gun and rack the slide if if trouble is brewing on the other side of that door.

And yea, I agree with you, I don't like Glocks at all.

59 posted on 03/23/2008 6:47:18 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Mr Rogers

That is the question that Glock haters avoid like the plague.


60 posted on 03/23/2008 6:48:02 PM PDT by Eaker (2 Thessalonians 3:10 “... He that will not work, neither should he eat.”)
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