Ram air turbine

Re:Ram air turbine by PhantomGremlin on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:33AM (#11437679)

Be sure to follow the link to Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701. That's a double Darwin Award, well deserved.

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Re:Ram air turbine by goldenkey on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:31AM (#11438033)

Wow, that was quite a legendary chain of fuckups. Link for others:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacle_Airlines_Flight_370...

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Re:Ram air turbine by astrodust on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @03:32PM (#11441236)

It takes a lot of gall to double down on your mistakes in a situation like that. These two should've been stripped of their license had they survived that stunt.

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Re:Ram air turbine by goldenkey on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:27PM (#11443213)

It seemed like they were hoping the 2nd engine wasn't totally cashed. So they lied to the ground about having only 1 engine failure. I would imagine being alive is worth embarrassment but given the prestige of a pilot, I really can't say more than, bad choice.

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Re:Ram air turbine by blackflame7000 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @02:50PM (#11440872)

The one above it is also pretty dumb.

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