Pilot unresponsive, flying over Cuba now

[sniper7]

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]

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.

[Irving]

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]

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.

[sniper7]

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]

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.

[sniper7]

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]

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]

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]

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.