Posted on 06/05/2023 9:24:25 AM PDT by Boomer
I believe I remember readi ng that though they were powerless to help the unconscious and likely dead pilot and passengers, they shadowed the doomed plane in order to be able to try to shoot it down if it looked like it would crash near populated areas. RIP. :(
dont these jets have alarms that go off when they lose cabin pressure
so people know to put on the oxygen mask?
You have got to be kidding... “Prominent Trump Donor” and “After Being Intercepted by F-16s Over DC” are IRRELEVANT, and were placed in the title by enemedia scum attempting to suggest the supporter was endangering the elitist sh*thole of DC requiring a miltary response. ‘Entire Family’ Killed in Plane Crash is the only detail required...
I remember this one from 1980.
Robert Edward “Bo” Rein (July 20, 1945 – January 10, 1980)
I remember when Charles Berlitz had a tabloid article on the Bermuda Triangle. He made the claim that Rein was being drawn toward the Triangle resulting in his death. (Nonsense!)
The headline implies that the plane crashed as a result of being intercepted by fighter jets.
It's likely that everyone onboard had already died from sudden decompression and the plane was flying on autopilot until it ran out of fuel or ran into a mountainside.
In either case, being intercepted by fighter jets had no impact on the private plane.
-PJ
OK, that confirms that they shot it down.
How did the plane make a perfect U turn over NY to fly over DC?
The same thing happened to a prominent golfer 5 years ago.
How do you tie your shoes in the morning if you think this headline isn't egregiously awful? You must have velcro sneakers.
I think you’re right.
I don't know about planes or automatic pilot, but a review of the flight path looks like the plane was returning to its point of origin.
Is it possible that the autopilot can detect if nobody is at the controls and return the plane to its origin in an emergency?
The fact that DC was on the flight path back to its Virginia origination is coincidental.
-PJ
We should all say a prayer for this man and his family.
That could certainly be it
But doesn’t that mean it happened AFTER the pilot made a 180 turn to land at NY air port?
Have not seen any reports if talk between pilot and ATC at air port.
The Western Journal is prefy far from "mainstream".
I’ve wondered why automated descent isn’t part of auto pilot in such situations.
You are so right about DC but that also applies to all the criminals that call themselves journalists.
Its’ origination point was Not Va
But Tenn
AND how was it supposed to land with an unconscious pilot??
how hard could it be to kill a known rich political supporter with a glitch in the oxygen supply of their jet, or a high altitude venting of the cabin via flip of a switch or sending a kill code to a solenoid switch installed by the “approved mechanic” last service cycle.
would they murder trump supporters?
hell folks, they love to murder post born babies and mutilate pre pubescent teens and call them both a form of reproductive health choices. They use OUR tax money to pay for both... of course they would gladly murder conservatives any way they could... that way they will forever vote democrat... being dead and all...
Cesna Citations (I,II) are dubbed the "Fischer-Price Jet" of biz jets. Not much of a useful load. Underpowered relative to its competitors. It's very common to scud-run them when not going a great distance, especially so around the DC Flyway corridor. It's very common to fly them at VFR altitudes and Low Level Enroute routes IFR. I rarely flew above 12,000 feet unless we were traveling more than 250 miles. That can build bad habits in cockpit management. If you have six passengers and baggage you don't have a great deal of fuel load, which means frequent stops. In a trip from Charlotte to Seattle, we had to stop twice for fuel. The plane spends a fair amount of time and distance at low unpressurized altitudes versus a Falcon, Lear, Hawker, etc....
Scroll to the 3:50 mark and you can see that it appears that the plane is returning to its origination point.
Also, some planes do have an "autoland" feature of their autopilots.
-PJ
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