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In the discussion thread: The pilots ejected with the plane aimed towards a residential area? [View all]

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:29 PM

62. I'm inclined to wait until the investigation before blaming the pilots.

Sounds to me like they had engine trouble, and when a fighter jet like an F/A-18 loses its engines, it flies like a lawn dart.

I'd bet that due to whatever was wrong with the plane that it was impossible to control. The pilots probably did the best they could.

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63 replies	Author	Time	Post
The pilots ejected with the plane aimed towards a residential area? [View all]	PCIntern	Apr 2012	OP
What the hell?	Brickbat	Apr 2012	#1
Maybe you should really think twice about ascribing political affiliation in an aviation disaster. n	Poll_Blind	Apr 2012	#2
Ok...I'll retract the part of the post..	PCIntern	Apr 2012	#5
Funny that I did wonder why the captain has to go down with the ship	malaise	Apr 2012	#20
Got Link?	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#3
Or maybe the plane changed course after he ejected?	Indydem	Apr 2012	#4
The world isn't JUST YOU	slampoet	Apr 2012	#6
Boy did YOU miss the point...	PCIntern	Apr 2012	#8
Say hello to the person who is reading this in a month and wondering the same thing.......	slampoet	Apr 2012	#21
Maybe you don't have any idea what you're talking about, too.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#7
Jeez...	PCIntern	Apr 2012	#9
The thing is that you have no idea what happened in that cockpit	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#16
Every loss of an aircraft is thoroughly investigated by the military.	stevenleser	Apr 2012	#23
Yup. We don't have the information needed to assess this yet.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#27
Your response is extreme and completely unacceptable	Strelnikov_	Apr 2012	#31
ROFL!	Aerows	Apr 2012	#32
I love it. LMAO	stevenleser	Apr 2012	#33
well said	maddezmom	Apr 2012	#38
Why do you assume they had control of the aircraft? nt	hack89	Apr 2012	#37
Given where the jet crashed, there weren't many options for the pilot	emsimon33	Apr 2012	#41
And adding the death of the pilot to an already horrific tragedy improves the situation in what way?	GreydeeThos	Apr 2012	#56
Perhaps they only bailed when they no longer could control the situation.	Webster Green	Apr 2012	#10
'Aimed?'	elleng	Apr 2012	#11
Planes that can't fly when it's windy?	taterguy	Apr 2012	#50
I think your second, non political explanation,	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#12
Maybe the pilot's ex-girlfriend lived in the apartment	DefenseLawyer	Apr 2012	#13
Perhaps they could not turn the plane away	Marrah_G	Apr 2012	#14
They had just	Gin	Apr 2012	#15
I heard on CNN that this was a training exercise.	WilliamPitt	Apr 2012	#17
From initial reports... Lost control after takeoff... Sounds like they dumped fuel	KeepItReal	Apr 2012	#18
Pilot	Gin	Apr 2012	#19
CNN: "All indications show they tried to make it to the beach" nt	pinboy3niner	Apr 2012	#22
When's the last time you went zipping around in a fighter	snooper2	Apr 2012	#24
They are trained rigorously to eject	Aerows	Apr 2012	#25
+1	librechik	Apr 2012	#28
Good Friday	Gin	Apr 2012	#26
They don't kmow about casualties yet	malaise	Apr 2012	#30
No casualties as yet according to WAVY TV	emsimon33	Apr 2012	#48
If they had the ability to "aim" the plane, it wouldn't have crashed.	tinrobot	Apr 2012	#29
The must have attended the George Herbert Walker Bush Flight School	Tom Ripley	Apr 2012	#34
Don't blame the pilots, blame the city council of Virginia Beach	emsimon33	Apr 2012	#42
I don't blame the pilots, and I regret my snark	Tom Ripley	Apr 2012	#51
Are you by chance referring to this incident?	KansDem	Apr 2012	#46
That is indeed the war "hero" incident	Tom Ripley	Apr 2012	#49
Problem is construction encroachment at Oceana	Hangingon	Apr 2012	#35
Every inch around Oceana is developed.	hack89	Apr 2012	#36
I grew up in that area of Virginia Beach	emsimon33	Apr 2012	#39
Physics took it out of their hands, if it was a stall out. nt	sudopod	Apr 2012	#40
"Aimed"? What makes you think they had control over the aircraft?	The Velveteen Ocelot	Apr 2012	#43
Trust me: The pilot DID NOT aim the plane at a neighborhood!	emsimon33	Apr 2012	#44
I read that the plane was not responding to controls. They would not have been able to direct it	jwirr	Apr 2012	#45
Try directing your concern toward the legislators who	Skidmore	Apr 2012	#47
Seriously? Better read more about the story:	hedgehog	Apr 2012	#52
Really good news	malaise	Apr 2012	#53
As stated numerous times on your thread and from initial reports	rufus dog	Apr 2012	#54
So, where will the ticker tape parade be for those 2 'heroes'?	rrHeretic	Apr 2012	#58
Haven't seen anyone call them heroes	rufus dog	Apr 2012	#61
You're so far out of bounds on this one, you really should just delete your OP and lock this mess.	MerryBlooms	Apr 2012	#55
Kudos	rrHeretic	Apr 2012	#57
PCIntern is taking flak for the stupidity of his post	hack89	Apr 2012	#59
and you	rrHeretic	Apr 2012	#60
So being anti war justifies unsubstantiated attacks on the military?	hack89	Apr 2012	#63
I'm inclined to wait until the investigation before blaming the pilots.	backscatter712	Apr 2012	#62

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