Good thing this man was armed...

[OlderButWiser]

Bullet pierced cockpit; pilot may have mishandled gun

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/bullet-pierced.html

A round from a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol pierced the hull of a USAirways flight Saturday when the pilot discharged it accidentally as the jet approached the Charlotte, N.C., airport, the Associated Press is reporting.

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Is that like a really funny headline? 'pilot may have mishandled gun' May have?

[varkam]

1. My God! That cockpit is coming right for us!

:rofl:

[sam sarrha]

2. probably drunk and dropped it..

[sam sarrha]

4. ..

[Arctic Dave]

3. Do you think the last words he said before he discharged it was:

HEY, Watch this!

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

5. The guns definitely the problem here.

I heard it had a bunch of drinks at the bar before the flight. Refused to stay in it's holster, was belligerent to the flight crew and then bam it just went off.

David

[EricTeri]

6. Does rather firmly silence

that silly-assed belief held by many that a plane will undergo explosive decompression if a bullet penetrates the skin...

Why so many people would think a scene from a Bond flick was absolute fact is beyond me.

[CapitalGGeek]

7. TSA is partially to blame

Their requirements are dangerous, and probably are partially to blame for this 'accident'. The armed pilot is required to put a padlock THROUGH the trigger every time he leaves the cockpit.
http://www.crimefilenews.com/2007/12/tsa-arrogance-threatens-safety-of-air.html

[CapitalGGeek]

8. A pilot tells how it could have happened

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqOLjEli6yY