Pilot's Gun Discharges On US Airways Flight

[Kadie]

Mar 24, 2008 7:00 am US/Pacific
Pilot's Gun Discharges On US Airways Flight


CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ― No injuries are reported after a pilot's gun discharged on a US Airways flight from Denver to Charlotte, N.C.

Airline and federal officials say Flight 1536 was not in any danger as a result of the incident, which occurred Saturday morning.

Officials say the unnamed pilot was allowed to carry the weapon as part of the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Flight Deck Officer program. It was created after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.

The program allows eligible crew members - including pilots, navigators and flight engineers - to use a firearm to defend against any act of air piracy or criminal violence.

http://cbs13.com/national/us.airways.gun.2.683543.html

[RB TexLa]

1. I wonder how fast they ran out of toilet paper after that.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Captain Fife? Captain Barney Fife?

The rule allowing this is just plain stupid.

The pilot in this incident is even more stupid.

[baldguy]

3. OK! Now if EVERYONE had been armed, that gun wouldn't have even gone off!

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Perfect logic.

:thumbsup:

[DS1]

5. However, if the Plane had been armed with Sidewinder missiles

they wouldn't need guns.

[slackmaster]

7. That's true only if the plane is on a conveyor belt

:hide:

[AndyA]

9. Now THAT's an excellent point!

I think we should ALL get guns, don't you?

Including the crazy on the street corner, the guy with road rage issues, the kid who's always been a bit unstable, but what the heck he's old enough to carry now...

Yes, let's make sure EVERYONE has guns, because it works out so well for us with those who do carry them. :eyes:

:sarcasm:

[liberal N proud]

6. While another US Air plane loses part off a wing..

Piece of Plane Dislodges Over Md

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3240165

[Kadie]

8. Yikes!

:scared:

[DrDan]

10. it just went off - all by itself . . . . hmmmmmm

sounds a little suspicious

[aikoaiko]

11. "a pilot's gun discharged" typically bad use of the passive voice

The pilot discharged the gun.

[wtmusic]

13. Or, the "charged" pilot discharged the gun. nt

[Javaman]

12. I think he was trying to open a can of beer. nt

[underpants]

14. HOMER! you have it set on 'whore'

[spanone]

15. silly me

[Vickers]

16. "unnamed" not "unarmed"

:P

[spanone]

17. oops

[Vickers]

18. I was very confused by a post the other day on another board...

...I kept reading "actually" when he had typed "actuary"...d'oh!

[Devil Dog Dem]

19. " Flight 1536 was not in any danger as a result of the incident"

I don't understand what that means? You mean PEOPLE on the flight weren't in danger? That's a load of crap, that bullet had to go SOMEWHERE that it wasn't intended to go.

Or do they mean, the flight itself would have bravely carried on, despite having a passenger killed.