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New Rule: No playing Angry Birds while flying the plane


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2014 Dec 10, 6:32am   970 views  3 comments

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http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/08/plane-drops-5000-feet-as-co-pilot-was-occupied-with-ipad/

In a heart thumping moment, Jet Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER which was making its way from Brussels all the way to Mumbai actually dropped 5,000 feet before the situation was corrected. Apparently, the pilot and captain was taking a “controlled rest”, while the co-pilot who was supposedly handling the flight controls was too busy with her iPad to notice the descent.

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1   RWSGFY   2014 Dec 10, 8:38am  

The best kept secret about commercial pilot job is that it's fucking boooooring up there.

2   turtledove   2014 Dec 10, 9:18am  

That is so scary! I was on a flight once landing at National Airport in Alexandria, VA. We were on our descent when all of a sudden, the nose of the plane pointed up and we accelerated like crazy. All the passengers just froze... Everyone just looked like they were holding their breath. It felt like we almost hit something, but just barely avoided it. It's a strange sensation when you suddenly change direction and you can feel the quick acceleration in the pit of your stomach ---- but cannot see why it's happening.

Big applause when we finally landed.

3   HydroCabron   2014 Dec 10, 9:35am  

Torture the crew - find out what really happened!

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