fletch717
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B-atch said:i'm Scared!!!
It will be O.K. shirley
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B-atch said:i'm Scared!!!
Uppercrust said:... shortly after takeoff. To me this seems like Vr till probably 2000 AGL...
Uppercrust said:I thought the article was straight forward about what happen. It said a lightning bolt hit the aircraft shortly after takeoff. . . . . . . . Getting hit at this altitude only means one thing, they were way to close.. and it wasn't static discharge.:cartman:
B-atch said:Delta 191 comes to mind, amongs others.
rspilot said:Most of you obviously are not real pilots. Ive got five years of pounding an MU-2 and a Navajo through thunderstorms in the midwest and I can tell you that if you get hit by a bolt you are definitely closer than 20 miles to the storm....bet those pilots will get a letter from their friendly fsdo soon. Until you've asked a freight dog....dont put up your silly opinions based on a lightning bolt traveling fifty miles to hit a mountain somewhere in the south pacific...doesnt happen in the US.
Blucher said:Rspilot,
You're absolutely right! Let's just jump to the conclusion that the crew f'ed up because they were hit by lightning. And while we're on the subject, why would anyone feel sorry for those darned surfers who get attacked by sharks? "They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into, I say let 'em crash!"
Perhaps if we can get those Airtran guys fired based on a sketchy slow-news-day story you can get hired in their place! Good luck, we're all counting on you.
-Blucher
.rspilot said:Ive got five years of getting an ass-pounding up against the side of an MU-2 while the freight was being loaded. . . . . and in my experience, which is even more limited than Undercrust's, lightning never goes more than 20 miles from the center of a storm, but, then again, I have no idea about what happens above FL180 . . . . someday, when I have something relevant to say, I am going to post again, so you guys look out . . . .