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| Fighter jets have been dispatched. Praying.
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| That ain't good. |
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Hawty & Nawty
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| Hopefully it turns out to be nothing. |
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| F-15s Dispatched to 'Unresponsive Aircraft' Over Atlantic Two F-15 fighter jets were dispatched over the Atlantic Ocean on Friday to follow a turboprop plane that was not responding to communication. A map provided by FlightAware, a flight tracking service, put the plane between the Bahamas and Cuba. NORAD, the joint American and Canadian air command, said on Twitter that the people on board might be suffering from or oxygen deprivation. NORAD said it was a “light business and utility aircraft” that was flying from Rochester, New York, to Naples, Florida. NORAD said the plane was a Socata model TBM-700. — Erin McClam This is a breaking story. Please check back for updat |
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 You just got to get mean and mean it.
Location: Arkansas | Ametican jet's have broken off because the small plane has entered Cuban air space. A Cuban jet is now trailing the small air craft.
Plan left New York bound for Florida.Aproximately five hours of fuel. Size of plane is a six passenger. Pilot still not responding. No manifest of how many are on board.
Don't they have to file something with the FAA? We always did when we flew those little puddle jumpers.
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Location: Bandera, TX | CNN just reported that it has "frosted" windows.... |
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BREAKING UPDATE: The fighter pilots visually verified that the pilot was unresponsive and slumped over the controls. NORAD
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Itsme - 2014-09-05 12:48 PM BREAKING UPDATE: The fighter pilots visually verified that the pilot was unresponsive and slumped over the controls. NORAD
What can they do about that? |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | That's a bad sign. This is what happened to the golfer Payne Stewart a number of years ago. They had a rapid decompression and the plane finally went down when it ran out of fuel. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | LRQHS - 2014-09-05 12:50 PM Itsme - 2014-09-05 12:48 PM BREAKING UPDATE: The fighter pilots visually verified that the pilot was unresponsive and slumped over the controls. NORAD What can they do about that?
Nothing unless a passenger puts on a headset and takes the controls. |
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That's White "Man" to You
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| Is it to late for 5 hour energy? |
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Hawty & Nawty
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| Probably suffered a heart attack.  |
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| RidenFly - 2014-09-05 1:10 PM Probably suffered a heart attack.
They have identified the plane as owned by a development company out of Rochester. Prayers for the family as they watch this unfold. I can't imagine the agony. |
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 Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | The cabin probably lost pressure some how and they are flying high enough to be oxygen deprived... all the passengers are probably in the same boat as the pilot, unfortunately! I remember the Payne Stewart incident well! |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | Headed for Jamaica............
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| Very sad! Prayers for all involved. |
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Location: Online | It crashed. Probably lost cabin pressure. |
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Location: Southern Oregon | Oh wow....how sad :( |
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| http://youtu.be/WTNX6mr753wWatch this video on how fast hypoxia happens its pretty crazy... |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs |
Holy moly. Takes no time at all. |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | How sad :( |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | HotbearLVR - 2014-09-05 1:09 PM That's a bad sign. This is what happened to the golfer Payne Stewart a number of years ago. They had a rapid decompression and the plane finally went down when it ran out of fuel.
His plane went down about 6 miles from my house in a guys pasture. THere's still a heck of a trench in the ground where the plane hit. I remember that day well. We're so rural here but every one was watching the skies and listening to the radio because we knew it was headed in our direction and just prayed it didn't kill anyone when it went down. |
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Location: Colorado plains standing on a goat head! | The first two things I thought of were terrorists in it and or that they could be flying it as a drone. Very sad if it was similar to the Payne Stewart tragedy. |
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Location: Here | How sad |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | Prayers for the family and everyone invovled |
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Unresponsive Aircraft over the Atlantic.