Pressurized cabins are no place to play with guns.
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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Someone was playing cowboy in the crouch pit.
Um, guns don’t typically “accidentally” discharge.
WTH? I’m betting it was an unholstered Glock.
So, did the plane decompress explovely?.................hmmmmmmm?
explovely = explosively
NO they don’t. And sitting behind a locked, reinforced door, means he should not have it in Condition One. No reason for a round to be chambered.
what did it impact? No damage anywhere? Was it a magic bullet?
Guns don’t go BANG unless you hit the “go” button.
Nope. (Sounds of shock ripple through anti-gunners.)
Uh huh. I want more details. Like the passenger list.
explovely is a word in search of a definition.
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?
Oh man I gotta fly tomorrow and now I gotta worry about rogue handguns going off by themselves endangering planes full of innocent people.
Pressurized cabins are no place to play with guns.
Think about all the thousands of things that could go wrong on that plane and you’ll sleep a lot better.
or this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23759338
D.C. Officer Shoots Self In Foot
updated 5:01 p.m. ET, Sat., March. 22, 2008
AD in the cockpit?...hmmm.
Dollars to donuts the pilot was playing with it. Weapons don’t “accidently” discharge without someone pulling a trigger. In all my years of being around weapons I have never had one discharge without some input from me.
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