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"there was no actual damage to the plane and there's indeed some speculation that it may have even been a plastic bag or something." This is an amazingly flims
by TillE 11y ago
"there was no actual damage to the plane and there's indeed some speculation that it may have even been a plastic bag or something."
This is an amazingly flimsy basis for a headline.
- dingaling 11y agoNo flimsier than the original drone-claim headline. Contrary to popular conception, most airline pilots are very poor at recognising anything that isn't in their company fleet. A few are aircraft enthusiasts, a few are bird spotters. The remainder have knowledge of unexpected flying objects no better than most laymen and a lot worse than a school-age plane spotter. I used to run aircraft recognition training for a local cadet squadron. The 'pro-pilots' were uniformly awful.
- fabulist 11y agoAren't they trained to judge size and distance by eye, though?
- andygates 11y agoThis is a moral panic! Flimsy is rock-solid compared to satanic abuse rings and penis thieves.