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rollingrock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-15-09 04:24 PM
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13. Maybe she attempted a distress call
but somehow the communications equipment failed? but I guess that shouldn't have anything to do with the icing.

I guess the blackbox should reveal more information. doesn't it records all the pilot chatter?



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  -Safety aides chide FAA for ignoring warnings on ice RamboLiberal  Feb-15-09 12:52 AM   #0 
  - The plane was apparently new and had a de-icing  rollingrock   Feb-15-09 01:13 AM   #1 
  - I assume you mean "FAA".  BlooInBloo   Feb-15-09 01:28 AM   #3 
  - Yeah, lol  rollingrock   Feb-15-09 01:43 AM   #4 
     - Although the Sully flight did involve geese.  RUMMYisFROSTED   Feb-16-09 10:08 AM   #19 
  - The Plane Landed Flat Not In A Nose Dive!  lostnotforgotten   Feb-15-09 08:13 AM   #6 
  - This might explain why the nose of the aircraft was reportedly facing  ShockediSay   Feb-15-09 11:30 PM   #16 
     - Exactly!  lostnotforgotten   Feb-16-09 08:06 AM   #17 
  - Some clarity to your post  maseman   Feb-15-09 11:42 AM   #8 
  - Thanks for the informative replies  rollingrock   Feb-15-09 02:26 PM   #11 
  - I don't know  maseman   Feb-15-09 03:00 PM   #12 
     - Maybe she attempted a distress call  rollingrock   Feb-15-09 04:24 PM   #13 
     - Yes  maseman   Feb-15-09 04:50 PM   #14 
     - No distress call cause they were too busy trying to save the plane  RamboLiberal   Feb-16-09 09:35 AM   #18 
  - .Why would the plane be on auto-pilot so close to landing?  BrklynLiberal   Feb-15-09 09:35 PM   #15 
  - The de-icing mechanism was just balloons that inflated slightly to  Stellabella   Feb-15-09 12:50 PM   #10 
  - I thought the FAA would have known the importance of deicing since at least the 1980s.  avaistheone1   Feb-15-09 01:16 AM   #2 
  - You're thinking of deicing before takeoff  RamboLiberal   Feb-16-09 12:43 PM   #21 
  - recent reports claim the plane landed flat  caraher   Feb-15-09 06:20 AM   #5 
  - flat spin  quabbin   Feb-15-09 10:49 AM   #7 
     - that works  caraher   Feb-15-09 12:18 PM   #9 
  - Another Buffalo News article raises questions about when the pilot took the plane off autopilot  brentspeak   Feb-16-09 12:30 PM   #20 
 

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