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Post by kingedmund on Oct 24, 2023 15:47:26 GMT
I don’t typically pay attention to the news because it’s all political theatrics and circuses for news junkies. But somehow this popped up and it caught my eye. Evidently, a pilot flying from Washington to San Francisco decided to pull a fire extinguisher on the engines on Alaska airlines flight. He was overwhelmed by the flight crew, subdued, and handcuffed the seat of course thank goodness. But he was telling somebody moments earlier saying, “I am not right!” I’m not sure if it was a mental issue or he intended to kill all 83 passengers and crew.
So creepy.
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Post by JoeP on Oct 25, 2023 7:42:52 GMT
I saw something about this, but I didn't dig into it. Apparently he was off duty, not actually flying, but sitting in the cockpit anyway. And was on psychedelic mushrooms or some other drug.
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Post by JoeP on Oct 25, 2023 7:45:18 GMT
Wait is this the same topic as Moose's thread?
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Post by Moose on Oct 27, 2023 5:41:30 GMT
Yes, I started a thread about it too
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 27, 2023 15:37:17 GMT
** FACEPALM **
This is the kind of stuff you make a point of reading? Lurid insanity? While ignoring shiploads of other information which might actually affect you directly?
Personally, I worry more about some nitwit pulling a gun and shooting innocents more than I do a whackadoodle taking down a passenger aircraft. Compare the casualties.
Y'all do realize that there is one really good way to avoid this situation? Don't fly.
What is really creepy is the number of Americans packing lethal weapons as a matter of course. And, using them. On innocents. See: Maine shooter in the news.
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Post by Moose on Oct 27, 2023 23:22:44 GMT
Um, it is possible to pay attention to both, you know. And I happen to think this is a fairly significant story.
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Post by kingedmund on Oct 28, 2023 1:14:07 GMT
Yes, I started a thread about it too Oh shoot. I did not realize that otherwise I would not have started this one!
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Post by Moose on Oct 28, 2023 1:49:13 GMT
Well that's okay ... we can have two threads about the same thing
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Post by JoeP on Oct 28, 2023 9:55:08 GMT
We can. And I have to say, KE's thread title is quite a bit clearer and less clickbaity than Moose's! (Which was just "OUCH", and I had to check a couple of threads to be sure.)
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 28, 2023 12:56:17 GMT
Um, it is possible to pay attention to both, you know. And I happen to think this is a fairly significant story. Yeah? Well, that's not what the OP said. They specifically noted that they worked to ignore all that other stuff, but this story caught their eye. Sure, one can do both, but that's not what the generator of this thread indicated they had done. Why is it that you think this story 'fairly significant'?
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Post by Moose on Oct 28, 2023 22:52:51 GMT
Well, wouldn't you be concerned if you were on a flight and a pilot - albeit off duty - attempted to kill you?
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 28, 2023 23:27:21 GMT
Yes. But you didn't say you were on that flight. I wasn't, either.
Do you think the OP was? Or, maybe somebody they knew?
I tend to think this kind of stuff is 'clickbait'.
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Post by Moose on Oct 29, 2023 0:22:51 GMT
Well I dunno about that - it was headline news in all our papers on on TV news.
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 29, 2023 2:29:00 GMT
Well I dunno about that - it was headline news in all our papers on on TV news. Yes...'Clickbait' in print media and television sound bites.
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Post by Moose on Oct 29, 2023 2:32:35 GMT
Or - an actual news story? What about it makes you think that it is not?
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 29, 2023 2:43:15 GMT
It's a story of something gone wrong and something got out of hand, which, had things been different, could have resulted in a tragedy.
Right?
How's that different than any other odd event? Nobody was hurt and an outlandish story of imagined situations makes for a lurid crowd pleaser with all the 'soulda, woulda, coulda' involved. 'Clickbait.'
Sure, it may well be 'true', or it may be exaggerated or embellished. Are we all of a sudden trusting this media source unquestionably?
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 29, 2023 2:50:03 GMT
Did you hear the story of the Washington state senator, a Republican, of course, who boarded an passenger aircraft and flew to Hong Kong (from right here in Puddle City) with an unregistered firearm in his carry-on luggage? How did that get through the security check-in? It was an international flight, ffs. You cannot take a bottle of water through, but a firearm gets a pass? I wonder what it looked like on the luggage screens.
Oh, the dumbarse is being held by authorities in Hong Kong for his felonious behavior.
His excuse? "Oh, gosh...Heh, I didn't know I had it."
'Merka! Ya gotta love it. Or, they'll shoot you.
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Post by Moose on Oct 29, 2023 5:52:24 GMT
Have you actually read about this story? It is not clickbait.
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 29, 2023 14:06:10 GMT
Have you actually read about this story? It is not clickbait. My story? Sure. The OP story, no. I think they are both 'clickbait'. Take it as 'my opinion'.
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Post by whollygoats on Oct 31, 2023 16:59:46 GMT
You'll never believe this...
Having read the '83 counts of attempted murder', what stands out for me is that the harrowing event ended in the same airport where my 'firearm in the luggage' story begins.
Right here in town. On the same day!
Now, isn't that just crazy? What are the chances?
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Post by kingedmund on Nov 1, 2023 20:33:18 GMT
Well! Clickbait is better than jailbait. 😂
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Post by Moose on Jan 20, 2024 6:57:27 GMT
This was some time ago but I've not read any sort of update - does anyone know? I assume that the person in question is still in custody and is awaiting trial?
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Post by tangent on Jan 20, 2024 12:25:41 GMT
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Post by Mari on Jan 22, 2024 6:39:28 GMT
That latter link really isn't news. What does it matter if he was a family man or a loner? And why the * are they printing pictures of his family? It should be illegal to involve kids in this.
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Post by tangent on Jan 22, 2024 10:10:27 GMT
And why the * are they printing pictures of his family? It should be illegal to involve kids in this. Hm yes, you're right.
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Post by kingedmund on Jan 25, 2024 5:17:01 GMT
Yikes. They did print pic of family.
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Post by JoeP on Jan 25, 2024 11:54:08 GMT
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Post by kingedmund on Feb 18, 2024 6:56:04 GMT
Yikes!!!! And I thought I had it bad.
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Post by Mari on Mar 3, 2024 9:58:04 GMT
Yes, let's kill more people to cover up that I killed someone. Great plan.
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