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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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They're also designed to come back down again

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:50, 1 reply, 10 years ago)
You idiot.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 10:50, Reply)
I'm not claiming to be an authority on aerodynamics, I just think it is plausible that a plane could come down quite quickly.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:02, Reply)
I am under no illusion that you are an authority, old bean.
The only way an aircraft with an active autopilot will come down "quite quickly" from cruising altitude is if a wing fell off.
(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
We can at least agree on me being an idiot then.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft
(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:06, Reply)
they can but you would need a lot of system failures
in order for it to happen, there are back up for the back ups,
(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
It's almost as though they're designed to stay in the air.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
Maybe it's still up there somewhere then?

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
Purposeful idiocy is still idiocy.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:07, Reply)
You should take comfort in the fact that I have had no hand in the design of any aeroplanes then.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:08, Reply)
what DO you do?
it's something in IT, isn't it?
(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:08, Reply)
It's nothing in IT

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:09, Reply)
you've got IT written all over your face

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:12, Reply)
Ok Adam Ant calm down

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:12, Reply)
Lots of comfort. Lots and lots and lots.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:09, Reply)
^Very soft clothes^

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:14, Reply)
Maybe on a good solid British plane, but these yellow fellows are renowned for cutting corners.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
boeing is american
what do you think about them yanks?
(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:07, Reply)
It was a mistake to let them run their own affairs.

(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:09, Reply)
This is something we can agree on.
They've made a right bloody shambles of it.
(, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:10, Reply)

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