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Previously on "Bird Strikes - plane crash"

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  • DaveB
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    Originally posted by padinka View Post
    http://www.pprune.org/

    (Professional Pilots' Rumor Network)

    Padinka
    Cabin Crew
    The other half of the airborne team who put up with the self-loading freight.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Well done to the pilot. It can't be easy landing in a river, with or without engines.

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  • Chugnut
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    Originally posted by zara_backdog View Post
    Go on - what will be the name of the movie ? Anyone got any guesses?
    One Flew Into The Cuckoo's Breast.

    Hudson Hawk II.

    A River Runs Under it.

    When Geese Attack!

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  • Cyberman
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    Originally posted by moorfield View Post
    Airbustards

    How about 'Going down after being hit on by a bird'

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  • Cyberman
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    It'll be a pretty short movie - Plane takes off, a couple of big bangs, and it splashes into the water! Drama over.

    Although I suppose they could ham up the human interest side with all the passengers perched on the wings. But they weren't exactly in the middle of nowhere wondering if help would ever arrive.


    One person broke both legs so I suppose they can add ten minutes or so by filming in a hospital.

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  • padinka
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    For all the gossip...

    http://www.pprune.org/

    (Professional Pilots' Rumor Network)

    Padinka

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    It'll be a pretty short movie - Plane takes off, a couple of big bangs, and it splashes into the water! Drama over.

    Although I suppose they could ham up the human interest side with all the passengers perched on the wings. But they weren't exactly in the middle of nowhere wondering if help would ever arrive.
    No problem. Captain's wife wants a divorce; air traffic controller struggles with alcoholism; passenger A needs a kidney transplant; passenger B is a nervous terrorist; passenger C is a nun with a guitar.

    The first seventy minutes of the film take place in the terminal as these people argue with each other, wrestle with their inner demons, or sing All Things Bright and Beautiful to some disabled children on a once-in-a-lifetime journey on a different plane.

    Then there's five minutes of taxiing and taking off, five more minutes for the plane to plummet into the river, and five minutes for them all to be rescued and find redemption.

    That makes eighty-five minutes, allowing an additional five minutes for the credits to roll as everybody leaves the cinema and never gets to see who the "Key Grip" was.

    Ninety minutes, straight to DVD. Job done

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by zara_backdog View Post
    They use ' frozen chickens' in a test rig - there is one set up at RR in Derby. Mr ZB works in the aerospace industry
    Isn't it about time the ALF started a campaign to ensure that RR only use free-range chickens, fattened to the required dimensions on organically-grown corn, before being lovingly slaughtered as they enjoy a warm bath, and then frozen in solar-powered freezers

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by moorfield View Post
    Overcooked overhyped media coverage as usual. The pilot is already a national "hero" in the US (yee-haw). No doubt his pimps/lawyers will have the movie rights sewn up this time tomorrow and his front row seat booked for the Obama-fest next week.
    It'll be a pretty short movie - Plane takes off, a couple of big bangs, and it splashes into the water! Drama over.

    Although I suppose they could ham up the human interest side with all the passengers perched on the wings. But they weren't exactly in the middle of nowhere wondering if help would ever arrive.

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  • Board Game Geek
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    Flocking hell...everyone got out..that's really good news and one hell of a pilot.

    I remember belly-flopping in to my local swimming pool at 4mph from 10 feet height. Water was as hard as concrete. How a plane doing 170mph didn't disintegrate is amazing (and no doubt skillful flying).
    Last edited by Board Game Geek; 16 January 2009, 02:43.

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  • bored
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    Seems like it was a flock of geese, which took out both engines.

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  • moorfield
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    Originally posted by zara_backdog View Post
    Go on - what will be the name of the movie ? Anyone got any guesses?
    Airbustards

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  • zara_backdog
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    Originally posted by moorfield View Post
    Overcooked overhyped media coverage as usual. The pilot is already a national "hero" in the US (yee-haw). No doubt his pimps/lawyers will have the movie rights sewn up this time tomorrow and his front row seat booked for the Obama-fest next week.
    Go on - what will be the name of the movie ? Anyone got any guesses?

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  • moorfield
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    Overcooked overhyped media coverage as usual. The pilot is already a national "hero" in the US (yee-haw). No doubt his pimps/lawyers will have the movie rights sewn up this time tomorrow and his front row seat booked for the Obama-fest next week.

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  • Beefy198
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    Very surreal.

    Unfortunately I'm not sure you can fully protect against that sort of issue.

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