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Govt caught in another lie
Aug 15, 2008 | 8:32 AM
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Particularly when they don't have to lie about it.  Obama's MD-80 plane takes off  and the pilot loses pitch control, because the aircraft's parachute gets tangled up with the cables that control the pitch, or the ability to raise and lower the aircraft.  After the incident the FAA, a government entity, says that no emergency was ever declared and it was a minor event.

Tapes, pursued by the major networks, reveal the exact opposite.  An emergency was declared by the pilot, he described the lack of pitch control to the tower, and asked for CFR on the runway, (crash, fire & rescue).  He also asked for the longest runway.

Since tapes revealed the exact nature of the emergency, the FAA now calls it a "mistake."   Maybe the mistake was they didn't know at the time.   That being the case, "I don't know" is a valid answer.  Choosing the misleading answer can only remind us of.....John Edwards! 

But if it was that minor an incident, why lie at all.  What happens during the really big incidents?
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Satira read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2008 | 10:04 AM

Do all airplanes now have parachutes?

It is very fortunate the plane did not crash. Every Obama supporter would have been convinced it was a political assassination.
spellcheckman read my blog
Aug 15, 2008 | 12:24 PM

Yes, some airplanes have parachutes. They are for emergency braking on a long runway if reverse thrusters fail and the regular brakes fail.
Satira read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2008 | 1:08 PM

I have seen this on the Space Shuttle, but never on a passenger airplane.
spellcheckman read my blog
Aug 15, 2008 | 7:32 PM

Updated story on cnn.com today, 8/15, the parachute deployed in the nose cone on takeoff. Had the nose cone separated like it is supposed to when the parachute deploys, the plane would have most certainly crashed. Who needs a parachute deployed on takeoff!
ralex read my blog view my photos
Aug 16, 2008 | 8:20 AM

CNN must believe planes can fly in reverse if the have parachutes in their nose. All the commercial planes shown that have overshot a runway, never have I seen a chute laying behind.
spellcheckman read my blog
Aug 16, 2008 | 5:40 PM

The chutes exist on the MD-81.

They are for when reverse thrusters fail and brakes fail, an unlikely event. Chances are when a commercial jet overshoots a runway it is because of pilot error.

The sequence of events for parachute deployment would be that the cone, (that is located on the rear of the plane) separates from the plane and the parachute is deployed.

In Obama's case the parachute had faulty deployed within the cone inhibiting the pitch cables, resulting in loss of pitch control for the aircraft. The cone was not separated because the pilots didn't activate the separation controls because they were on take-off. Google Search: McDonnel Douglas MD-81 plane parachute.

Staying on track of the original point, the pilots called an emergency, which was contrary to what the FAA said about the incident, and was only found out upon a FOIA (freedom of information Act) request. The seriousness of the incident was misled to the media at the time, and didn't have to be because the whole incident in retrospect is captured on cockpit tape and would have come out anyway.
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An old athlete. Member of Mensa and the Procrastinators club. Never can make it to the Mensa meetings! Electrical/Mechanical engineer who made some money on a patent most everyone uses. Part time English teacher, (sub) Exotic car nut, Porsche, Ferrari TR512 (Boardwalk Motors, Dallas) and C6 Corvettes. Not Liberal or conservative but has views per the topic. Views do not neatly group me into either label. Neither of which I judge to be bad. Disciple of George Carlin. Do not vote for anything or fill out surveys, or belong to a "church." Usually sees both sides of a story and will take the opposite side for argument and thinking purposes.

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