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Flying from NY to Naples unresponsive to atc, intercepted by F-15s who found the windows iced over.
Fighters broke off when the plane entered Cuban airspace. Cuban aircraft have intercepted now,
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/norad-monitoring-unresponsive-jet-en-route-florida-article-1.1929349
ChunkyMonkey
09-05-2014, 12:00
Hope everyone is ok. That sounds real scary.
I'm pretty sure they are all dead.
KestrelBike
09-05-2014, 12:38
I'm pretty sure they are all dead.
sounds like decompression, they're saying the windows are frosted over?
Yeah, I believe a slow loss of pressurization, pilot didn't realize it, hypoxia set in, and now it flies until it's out of gas.
newracer
09-05-2014, 13:00
Crashed on or near Jamaica
Crashed on or near Jamaica
Bummer...I leave for Jamaica tomorrow night.
ruthabagah
09-05-2014, 13:07
Bummer...I leave for Jamaica tomorrow night.
Party crashed.
newracer
09-05-2014, 13:24
7 passenger privately owned plane. Reported owner and wife were the only ones on board.
Happens once every few years. Usually a failed seal.
RCCrawler
09-05-2014, 13:47
It was a brand new plane and he had one of the first 2 released, wonder if it was a build defect.
BPTactical
09-05-2014, 13:50
Who was the golfer this happened to a few years ago?
Airline? Type of plane?
TBM-900
Who was the golfer this happened to a few years ago?
Payne Stewart in 1999...15 years ago.
Who was the golfer this happened to a few years ago?
Payne stewart.... in 1999. I guess that's a few years at your age! Lol
Payne Stewart in 1999...15 years ago.
I was just going to post this. Luckily I hit refresh. That was a very sad incident. After winning the US Open (and his 3rd major) and a month after he helped the US win the Ryder Cup.
Payne stewart.... in 1999. I guess that's a few years at your age! Lol
I had actually typed the last part too, but then I might want to ask him to work on a gun at some point. :)
I had actually typed the last part too, but then I might want to ask him to work on a gun at some point. :)
Lol, at his age he won't remember! Double burn!
rockhound
09-05-2014, 16:06
hey bob, did you get the door latch?
what a way to go,
BushMasterBoy
09-05-2014, 20:16
Glass cockpit, in this image you can see cabin pressure displayed on the screen...
http://www.tbm850.com/2014/images/TBM900%20Cockpit%20Picture.jpg
BPTactical
09-05-2014, 20:21
Note to self:
MarkCo
Sniper7
Note to self:
MarkCo
Sniper7
Sweet, I made another list!
Wow, the article is now updated with photos of the guy and his wife and the plane.
apparently he WON the aircraft earlier this year.
Glass cockpit, in this image you can see cabin pressure displayed on the screen...
I would think it would also have an associated eicas message and is connected to an aural warning unit on a plane that new. At least a master caution or warning bell associated with the eicas message.
I don't know how high the TBM was but if it was rapid decompression, the pilot probably would've been able to do something about it from an altitude most turboprops operate at. Even without a quick-don mask. I would guess a gradual and undetected problem that led to sleep and then death.
Total speculation at this point though. For all anyone knows, they got hit by an asteroid.
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 10:10
Total speculation at this point though. For all anyone knows, they got hit by an asteroid.
No, that was the Malaysian Airlines flight that went missing. Gotta keep the stories straight!
BPTactical
09-06-2014, 10:12
No, that was the Malaysian Airlines flight that went missing. Gotta keep the stories straight!
We are gonna see that Malaysian aircraft again.........maybe real soon, like 5 days
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 10:58
We are gonna see that Malaysian aircraft again.........maybe real soon, like 5 days
I'm a little more concerned about the 11 aircraft that were sitting on the tarmac at the airport in Syria that was captured by ISIL. You can bet your ass our gov is watching each one of those planes very closely.
We are gonna see that Malaysian aircraft again.........maybe real soon, like 5 days
[tinhat][tinhat][ak][gihad][ak][tinhat][tinhat]
[Coffee]
I'm a little more concerned about the 11 aircraft that were sitting on the tarmac at the airport in Syria that was captured by ISIL. You can bet your ass our gov is watching each one of those planes very closely.
I'm under the impression that we don't know where they are. I think we're about to find out though. :(
Well he admitted to a problem while at altitude, requested FL250. Descended down, and last transmission was saying they needed lower (altitude). My guess is the got the pressurization caution, requested lower. Then got the warning and said they needed lower again, but at that point it was too late. I am guessing it was a slow leak, and he failed to out on his oxygen mask and didnt perform an emergency descent.
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 11:44
I'm under the impression that we don't know where they are. I think we're about to find out though. :(
I'm certain we do. In fact, most of them are probably still parked on the tarmac.
I'm certain we do. In fact, most of them are probably still parked on the tarmac.
Oh I had heard we lost track of them. The source on that is...less than reliable though, heh. Also thought I heard a blurb on the news about them being missing.
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 11:57
Oh I had heard we lost track of them. The source on that is...less than reliable though, heh. Also thought I heard a blurb on the news about them being missing.
Don't worry. This is one case where your government might actually be looking out for you.
Don't worry. This is one case where your government might actually be looking out for you.
Well, my guess is that is a private contractor the government contracts out with to watch these things. So...I don't really give the government much credit! They just write a check.
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 12:02
Well, my guess is that is a private contractor the government contracts out with to watch these things. So...I don't really give the government much credit! They just write a check.
Not true in this case. Contractors don't fly our surveillance satellites.
Also, the government doesn't write the check. YOU write the check. The government owns NOTHING.
Not true in this case. Contractors don't fly our surveillance satellites.
What about digitalglobe right here in Longmont, they do defense and surveillance, and with their new satellite they have 30cm resolution.
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 12:50
What about digitalglobe right here in Longmont, they do defense and surveillance, and with their new satellite they have 30cm resolution.
Not the kind of surveillance I had in mind... I was thinking more along the lines of the NRO.
Bailey Guns
09-06-2014, 13:15
Not the kind of surveillance I had in mind... I was thinking more along the lines of the NRO.
I remember the days when I would've went to a very dark jail cell for even mentioning "NRO" outside of a SCIF. Now everything we did is all over the History Channel and others.
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 13:18
I remember the days when I would've went to a very dark jail cell for even mentioning "NRO" outside of a SCIF. Now everything we did is all over the History Channel and others.
Yeah, that cat is out of the bag, but there are many more fun things that very few people get to know about, as you can imagine.
Bailey Guns
09-06-2014, 13:39
Yeah...I sometimes marvel at what the capabilities must be like now. I was involved during the days when film canisters were still retrieved by C130s! You might've read about that in history books!
[blaster]
Not true in this case. Contractors don't fly our surveillance satellites.
Also, the government doesn't write the check. YOU write the check. The government owns NOTHING.
The .gov writes the checks, we make the deposits so the damn things don't bounce. It's like having a really bitchy high maintenance girlfriend, with a serious shopping problem, that you can't get rid of. And, she has access to your credit cards and bank accounts. [Rant2]
Bailey Guns
09-06-2014, 13:53
The .gov writes the checks, we make the deposits so the damn things don't bounce. It's like having a really bitchy high maintenance girlfriend, with a serious shopping problem, that you can't get rid of. And, she has access to your credit cards and bank accounts. [Rant2]
Yeah...but does she f*** you as often as the government?
Yeah...but does she f*** you as often as the government?
Google "pegging"...[Help]
Google "pegging"...[Help]
Damnit....
HoneyBadger
09-06-2014, 15:44
Yeah...I sometimes marvel at what the capabilities must be like now. I was involved during the days when film canisters were still retrieved by C130s! You might've read about that in history books!
[blaster]
Corona? I'm very familiar. :)
Bailey Guns
09-06-2014, 16:18
Google "pegging"...[Help]
Maybe...but her's cant be as big as the IRS's.
Bailey Guns
09-06-2014, 16:19
Corona? I'm very familiar. :)
OMG! The "C" word. I'd better check outside for black helicopters.
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