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JetBlue and DIRECTV
Do you think they have DIRECTV on flight 292? It was pretty ironic to
be watching your own plane on CNN. |
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My assumption was just confirmed by MSNBC, the crew turned it off.
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Bucky wrote:
Do you think they have DIRECTV on flight 292? It was pretty ironic to be watching your own plane on CNN. Yep, the large satellite dome antenna could be seen on top of the aircraft, about 2/3's of the way down the fuselage, during the news coverage. -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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In article .com,
Bucky wrote: That's probably the best thing. Although I think if I were on that plane, I would want ESPN or some other channels to watch to take my mind off things. I fly JetBlue a lot (and still will). The DirecTV dish can only track at a certain rate, and will drop out on a large turns. Since this flight was looping for hours... |
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The pax said it was on. It always turns off in the last couple minutes
of flight. It displays something like "Sat lost" or something. I think its harder to keep the sat aligned once you start turning for landing. -Robert |
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TV news is full of crap. They went on and on about dumping fuel
(something the A320 can't do) and airline pilots being trained landing with one or more gear missing over and over again (something denied by a Jetblue pilot who called in). -Robert |
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"Bucky" wrote in news:1127411165.534306.220620
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: wrote: My assumption was just confirmed by MSNBC, the crew turned it off. Actually, they've corrected the initial reports. They did have the DIRECTV turned on during the situation. They only turned it off when they started to land. Some passengers described it as surreal, and another thought he was in a dream. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/22/airliner.emergency.ap/ Whether or not to turn off the directv was probably a difficult choice by the crew. I'm assuming that it is an all or nothing deal (i.e. you can't just block certain channels). On the one hand, if you leave it on, you get everyone watching the scene unfold, possibly creating a panic. On the other hand, you have to circle around for a couple of hours and turning it off may create more of a panic as people know have nothing to do except think about what is happening. |
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Well I had a front row seat to this. I had just put my piper on the ground
at Long Beach airport when this guy called tower and asked for an emergency approach. After that he asked the tower if he could make a special request. They granted him the request and allowed him to make a low approach so they could inspect the gear from the tower. Ill tell ya, that was an odd sight. I have seen tons of small aircrafts do low approaches, but I haven't ever seen an airliner do one. Long story short, the tower told all of the helicopters to "Go Away" as he was diverting the pilot to LAX. -- John Huthmaker "Bucky" wrote in message ups.com... Do you think they have DIRECTV on flight 292? It was pretty ironic to be watching your own plane on CNN. |
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