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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I'm not claiming to be an authority on aerodynamics, I just think it is plausible that a plane could come down quite quickly.

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:02, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)
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.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
We can at least agree on me being an idiot then.

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, 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,
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
It's almost as though they're designed to stay in the air.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
Maybe it's still up there somewhere then?

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
Purposeful idiocy is still idiocy.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, 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.

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:08, Reply)
what DO you do?
it's something in IT, isn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:08, Reply)
It's nothing in IT

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:09, Reply)
you've got IT written all over your face

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:12, Reply)
Ok Adam Ant calm down

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:12, Reply)
Lots of comfort. Lots and lots and lots.

(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:09, Reply)
^Very soft clothes^

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:14, Reply)
Maybe on a good solid British plane, but these yellow fellows are renowned for cutting corners.

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
boeing is american
what do you think about them yanks?
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:07, Reply)
It was a mistake to let them run their own affairs.

(I helped save b3ta! tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:09, Reply)
This is something we can agree on.
They've made a right bloody shambles of it.
(I helped save b3ta! Kroney, Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:10, Reply)

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