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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by neurotech1 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @04:53PM (#16141636)
This is known as the "Asoh Defense". Capt. Kohei Asoh accidentally flew a DC-8 airliner into the water while on approach to SFO. No major injuries and the aircraft was repaired. The incident was noted for Capt. Asoh frankly accepting responsibility.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_2#The_"A...

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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by mistersquid on Saturday January 13, 2018 @06:17PM (#16141920)
While Governor Ige did accept full responsibility for the incident, he did not directly execute the technical steps that caused the alert to be sent to HI residents.

This is different than Capt. Asoh's defense because Asoh was directly responsible for

> attempt[ing] an automatic-coupled Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach, something neither [he nor Capt. Hazen] had done before on a recorded DC-8 flight.

In any case, your reference to the defense is fantastic. In the profane spirit of what Asoh told the National Transportation Safety Board investigators--"As you Americans say, I fucked up."--I think it's not too off the mark to observe "What an Asoh". [0]

[0] I tried resisting this but it's just sitting there, y'know. Also, I'm sure my American eyes are mispronouncing Captain Asoh's name. For what it's worth, we should all be so forthright to own up to the mistakes we've made.

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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by totalZero on Saturday January 13, 2018 @07:30PM (#16142214)
> Asoh mistakenly landed the plane near Coyote Point in the shallow waters of San Francisco Bay, two and a half miles short of the runway.

I was shocked at the 2.5mi deviation until I realized that this is about 51 seconds of flight at his airspeed of 177mi/hr.

Still, that's a pretty astonishing distance from the runway.

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