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Qantas Blames Wireless For Aircraft Incidents
musther writes "An Australian airline Qantas Airbus A330-300, suffered 'a sudden change of altitude' on Tuesday. "The mid-air incident resulted in injuries to 74 people, with 51 of them treated by three hospitals in Perth for fractures, lacerations and suspected spinal injuries when the flight bound from Singapore to Perth had a dramatic drop in altitude that hurled passengers around the cabin." Now it seems Qantas is seeking to blame interference from passenger electronics, and it's not the first time; 'In July, a passenger clicking on a wireless mouse mid-flight was blamed for causing a Qantas jet to be thrown off course.' Is there any precedent for wireless electronics interfering with aircraft systems? Interfering with navigation instruments is one thing, but causing changes in the 'elevator control system' — I would be quite worried if I thought the aircraft could be flown with a bluetooth mouse."
Coming this summer: Mice on a Plane!
You're right. Banning liquids is moronic! This is a complete security theater right there. If only they'd do something about the real threats, like clothes. You can easily use trousers, a shirt or a bra to choke someone to death (thongs are best for this). Clothes are a serious security threat. I won't feel safe until the TSA bans all clothing articles.
Good point. I believe I will stand in line at airports demanding that women remove their thongs and hand them over to me for the convenience and safety of other passengers. It is, after all, for the children.
Airbus computer log: OMG. There's a Logitech G7 on a collision course. It's right on top of me! TAKE EVASIVE ACTION!
Intron: the portion of DNA which expresses nothing useful.
Hmmm...risk being choked to death or spend several hours sharing half your seat with the naked guy sitting next to you. I choose death by thong thank you very much.
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They had the correct links but before submitting it he clicked his mouse which interfered with his computer.
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how fast the plane's attitude changes. All you'd have to do is go negative enough to lift people in the air, then back to positive and they'll fall down.
Well, maybe someone should get that plane some therapy and stop all those attitude changes. We can't have planes flying around with violent mood swings. Negative attitude, positive attitude, I can't be dealing with these kinds of planes. I want a plane that has a stable attitude and won't throw a fit and hurl passengers about just 'cause someone clicked a mouse.
Just prey to GOD you're not in seat 32A, with a fatty in 32B and C.
Or even worse, you're in 32B and the fatty is in 32A and 32C
Just prey to GOD you're not in seat 32A, with a fatty in 32B and C.
I'm preying to God I'm in a seat next to a hottie with 32Cs or 32Ds.
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist!
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Unless they're making multiple lawsuits and they're treated as FIFO by the court system... yeah that's a stretch. :-)
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Well, since you're new you'll have to start with the over 70s.
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