Yes, you'd think it would be obvious that making generalizations about a group of a billion people would be seen as ludicrous.
No survivors in crash of Germanwings jet carrying 150; black box recovered
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Yes, you'd think it would be obvious that making generalizations about a group of a billion people would be seen as ludicrous.
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Do you know what major freeway divides Pakistan from India??
No takers??
Okay, Toll Road 407 :lol:
Mississauga (where Floosy lives) from Brampton (which is full of East Indians)
Nah.
I was just playing around with Blackleaf who believed it was likely that this airline pilot was some kinda crazy jihadist.
Was it possible? Sure.
Was it likely?
When an aeroplane is deliberately thrown into the side of a mountain nowadays the most likely suspects are the Muslims.
No survivors in crash of Germanwings jet carrying 150; black box recovered
Lori Hinnant and Claude Paris, The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:58AM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:54PM EDT
SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France -- A Germanwings jet carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Duesseldorf slammed into a remote section of the French Alps on Tuesday, sounding like an avalanche as it scattered pulverized debris across a rocky mountain and down its steep ravines. All aboard were assumed killed.
The pilots sent out no distress call and had lost radio contact with their control centre, France's aviation authority said, deepening the mystery over the A320's mid-flight crash after a surprise 8-minute descent.
"The site is a picture of horror. The grief of the families and friends is immeasurable. We must now stand together. We are united in our great grief," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement after being flown over the crash scene and briefed by French authorities.
The crash left officials and families across Europe reeling in shock. Sobbing, grieving relatives at both airports were led away by airport workers and crisis counsellors. One German town was rent with sorrow after losing 16 high school students coming back from an exchange program in Spain.
"This is pretty much the worst thing you can imagine," a visibly rattled Haltern Mayor Bodo Klimpel said at a hastily called press conference.
After night fell on the hard-to-reach site, French authorities called off the search and helicopters stopped flying over the area.
About 10 gendarmes will spend the night at the crash site to guard it, and search operations will resume at daybreak, Lt. Col. Jean-Marc Meninchini of the regional police rescue service, told The Associated Press in the mountain town of Seyne-les-Alpes. Recovery operations are expected to last a week, he said.
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Quite horrific. it was a terrible tragedy.
Yes it was. After getting over the initial shock of yet another huge loss of life, find it mildly interesting that in the U.S. and Canada, we don't allow a pilot or copilot to be alone in the cockpit. Not saying that this terrible crash couldn't happen here but it might be a little more difficult for the perpetrator. THe whole idea that the copilot could lock the pilot out of the cockpit is just ludicrous.
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Funny you mention that. I heard one of the FAA guys on the radio and in the US there must be two people in the cockpit. When a pilot needs a bathroom break one of the flight crew must replace him/her in the cockpit.
I guess in Canada it is the same way.
Yes it is. It's funny that the lockable cockpit door that was supposed to solve problems, is now part of a problem.
Well that makes sense. If there really is an emergency then you end up with what has happened here.
Once again the rule of unintended consequences .
But government must do something .
It must work sometime .
Yikes .
As of about 3PM today that is true. Before then, a pilot could be alone in the cockpit. Now they have to have somebody else although it could be a flight attendant.
They should just make the pilot's wear diapers and avoid leaving the cockpit altogether.
The Germanwings flight flew into a mountain with a madman at the controls. It's sort of like a metaphor for America and Obama.
My apologies. Certainly I should have known this was Obama's fault. How could I miss this?
Should know more later today.
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Should someone with a medical history consisting of serious depression be given the green light to fly a commercial airplane? Other medical conditions would exempt him, why not this?
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