onsdagen den 12 september 2001 00.05 you wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 September 2001 17:46 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:19:36PM -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 11 September 2001 16:53 pm, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > > > According to my contact, pilots are trained to crash their planes
> > > > into the ground in this sort of situation. First, they are supposed
> > > > to put the plane into a roll, hoping to disable the hijacker. Then,
> > > > into the ground.
> > >
> > > No, I don't think so......
> >
> > My contact's brother flys an airliner. That's what he says.
> > Joel
>
> Preposterous... That's like telling women that if they can't get the
> knife away from a rapist, and crossing their legs doesn't work, they should
> commit suicide!
>
> What is accomplished by driving a plane into the ground? We killed 1 or 2
> hijackers but the 90 passengers were 'collateral damage'? Does that sound
> sensible to you?
In pilot training it's drilled into them that if they can't avoid a crash to
try to go down where the crash will cause the least damage. My source is my
niece who is a qualified jumbo jet pilot.
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