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Re:Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter... by fullstop on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:37AM (#36725535)
FOD = Foreign Object Debris

EFB = Electronic Flight Book

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Re:Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter... by foobarbecue on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:47AM (#36725663)
The article says the B in EFB is "bag." Seemed strange to me, but I'm not familiar with the term. Do you think the article got it wrong?
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Re:Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter... by modernerd on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:50AM (#36725716)
> The EFB gets its name from the traditional pilot's flight bag, which is typically a heavy (up to or over 18 kg or 40 lb) documents bag that pilots carry to the cockpit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flight_bag

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Re:Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter... by PlatinumHarp on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:18PM (#36726063)
No it's not wrong. The EFB replaces the contents of a traditional physical flight bag: binders full of charts, manuals for the plane, Airline documentation etc.
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Re:Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter... by theolivenbaum on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:50AM (#36725717)
It used to be an actual bag full of paper: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_bag
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Re:Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter... by theolivenbaum on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:49AM (#36725698)
It used to be an actual bag full of paper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_bag
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Re:Dropped iPad implicated in fatal Rotak Chinook helicopter... by fullstop on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:49AM (#36725701)
I could be wrong, for sure.
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