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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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Grey Fox

Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 01, 2013, 06:19:38 AM
Video of that National Air Cargo 747 going down at Bagram Air Base on Monday.

http://youtu.be/vo51Be2jL8c

Looks like it simply stalled and dropped.  7 fatalities.

There's an article on wired, author suspect shifting cargo to explain the crazy angle & what seem to be the pilot inability to rectify it.
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Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt booed from stage at May 1st rally. I guess taking money from the poor and giving it to companies isn't a popular move among workers.
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And also, someone learned that shooting a gun at the PM is a bad idea, even if it just is a water gun. :lol:
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2) too many damn ricans <_<
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Grey Fox on May 01, 2013, 07:07:02 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 01, 2013, 06:19:38 AM
Video of that National Air Cargo 747 going down at Bagram Air Base on Monday.

http://youtu.be/vo51Be2jL8c

Looks like it simply stalled and dropped.  7 fatalities.

There's an article on wired, author suspect shifting cargo to explain the crazy angle & what seem to be the pilot inability to rectify it.

Yeah, that's a very real and distinct possibility, but there were thunderstorms in the area as well.

QuoteA thunderstorm with Cumulonimbus clouds was approaching the air base at the time of the accident. A weather report shows winds began shifting from 100 degrees [from the east] at 09:55 UTC to 350 degrees [from the north] at 10:55 UTC. Accident time was about 15:00 LT / 10:30 UTC

That kind of radical change in wind direction and strength could've sucked the air right away from the intakes, forcing a stall.

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Jacob

Quote from: Liep on May 01, 2013, 04:16:41 AM
In 45 minutes the police will be testing the warning system installed in every city in Denmark, as they do every year on the first wednesday in may. Each year the news are running stories about how thousands of people call the police telling them there's a strange loud noise. And each year I'm surprised by how stupid some people are. My memory sucks too. :(

They only do it once a year? When did that change?

When I was growing up, they tested the air raid sirens every wednesday afternoon (or was it at noon? something like that).

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Florida? Ugh.

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