Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight
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Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A gun carried by a US Airways pilot accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte Saturday, according to a statement released by the airline.
The statement said the discharge happened on Flight 1536, which left Denver at approximately 6:45 a.m. and arrived in Charlotte at approximately 11:51 a.m.
The Airbus A319 plane landed safely and none of the flight’s 124 passengers or five crew members was injured, according to the statement. It was a full flight. An airline spokeswoman said the plane has been taken out of service to make sure it is safe to return to flight.
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A statement from TSA said the airplane was never in danger, and the TSA and the Federal Air Marshals Service are investigating the incident.
"We know that there was never any danger to the aircraft or to the occupants on board," said Greg Alter of the Federal Air Marshal Service.
How do you know there was no danger to the plane? If there was no danger, why did USair take the plane out of service? Why is it still out of service?
How can you assert that a full plane of passengers was in no danger when a gun was unexpectedly fired on a plane? Do you think we are that stupid that we would believe your dumb assertion? Or was the pilot known to be target shooting?
"A properly stored weapon with the safety on does not go off," he said. "The gun had to be out in the open. The gun had to be handled. The gun had to be in somebody's control."
Exactly. Someone had to be handling it. And while handling it, it could have just as easily been pointed out of the cockpit towards passengers when it went off.
I am not opposed to the Federal Flight Deck Officer program. I am opposed to spokesman trying to feed us crap and expect us to believe it.
xtex's journal.Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- A gun carried by a US Airways pilot accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte Saturday, according to a statement released by the airline.
The statement said the discharge happened on Flight 1536, which left Denver at approximately 6:45 a.m. and arrived in Charlotte at approximately 11:51 a.m.
The Airbus A319 plane landed safely and none of the flight’s 124 passengers or five crew members was injured, according to the statement. It was a full flight. An airline spokeswoman said the plane has been taken out of service to make sure it is safe to return to flight.
[...]
A statement from TSA said the airplane was never in danger, and the TSA and the Federal Air Marshals Service are investigating the incident.
"We know that there was never any danger to the aircraft or to the occupants on board," said Greg Alter of the Federal Air Marshal Service.
How do you know there was no danger to the plane? If there was no danger, why did USair take the plane out of service? Why is it still out of service?
How can you assert that a full plane of passengers was in no danger when a gun was unexpectedly fired on a plane? Do you think we are that stupid that we would believe your dumb assertion? Or was the pilot known to be target shooting?
"A properly stored weapon with the safety on does not go off," he said. "The gun had to be out in the open. The gun had to be handled. The gun had to be in somebody's control."
Exactly. Someone had to be handling it. And while handling it, it could have just as easily been pointed out of the cockpit towards passengers when it went off.
I am not opposed to the Federal Flight Deck Officer program. I am opposed to spokesman trying to feed us crap and expect us to believe it.
