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Medical diversions (a passenger gets too sick) are by far the most common type. I find this interesting how the planes are so much more reliable than the passen
by H8crilA 4y ago
Medical diversions (a passenger gets too sick) are by far the most common type. I find this interesting how the planes are so much more reliable than the passengers on board.
- bayindirh 4y agoIt's because of the redundancies. I have heard "Master Caution/Alarm" blaring on (IIRC two of) my flights, mid flight, and nobody said anything. We just continued undisturbed and landed as we should. I'm sure the plane went to technical hangar, tho.
- Gravityloss 4y agoAlso, serious processes dealing with anomalies, anonymous incident reporting, strict maintenance rules, long term active government research...
- selectodude 4y agoAlso that goes off pretty frequently. When the PIC switches off autopilot when coming in for landing, for example.
- bombcar 4y agoYeah, many activities trigger it (the pilot will be expecting it coming out of autopilot, if he hears it at cruise because autopilot disengaged they'll investigate).
- AceyMan 4y agoI suspect you meant "the PF" not the PIC (where PF equals 'pilot flying').
- bayindirh 4y agoIt was squarely mid-flight/cruising, international IIRC. We were nowhere near landing/approach.
- jaywalk 4y agoAutopilot disconnect sound is distinct from master caution/warning.
- rtkwe 4y agoWell the people don't get regular maintenance and inspections before every flight where the planes do for starters. It'd be concerning if a random group of a few hundred people were more reliably well than a given mechanical system their lives depend on.
- killingtime74 4y agoMost people don’t even get a yearly inspection lol
- JohnBooty 4y agoThere are also a hundred or more passengers on a transpacific flight. If planes and humans were equally reliable, we'd expect to see medical diversions to outnumber mechanical ones by more than 100:1....
- Beltalowda 4y agoAlso depends on whether you had the fish for the in-flight dinner.
- elromulous 4y agoUnderrated comment right here.
- nielsbot 4y agoThey serve dinner?
- chrisseaton 4y agoNever been on a plane before? Yeah they serve meals and drinks at your seat.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoThat's outrageous. Think of the profit they're giving up for comfortable service.
- bombcar 4y agoThey serve food and drinks mainly to prevent medical related diversions. Fed and watered customers are less likely to get ill and less likely to get unruly.
- withinboredom 4y agoI wish they felt that way about space to move around.
- elromulous 4y agoAs others have pointed out, redundancy. Consider rather the likelihood of say 3 of 3 passengers falling ill - it's basically zero. (unless, as someone else pointed out, they all had the fish).
- missedthecue 4y agoIf each passenger underwent a 35 point health inspection prior to takeoff like the planes do, the numbers might look different.
- CSMastermind 4y agoI'll vote for the politician that proposes this lol
- oynqr 4y agoFind a politician that would pass said test first.
- dylan604 4y agoIsn't that what the TSA is doing?
- uoaei 4y agoWhat gave you that impression? They're looking for hidden water bottles, not hidden diseases.
- dylan604 4y agoI assumed that comment was so obvisouly dripping with sarcasm that the /s wasn't needed, but that's what happens when on assumes
- InCityDreams 4y ago...perhaps an /ass may be needed?
- kmonsen 4y agoOnce I was too tired on a long journey and made a rude comment when TSA was checking my green card for the third time in a 50 meter line. At that time my green card was expired for reasons outside my control so I also needed to carry some letters from DHS explaining why my green card was expired and that it was not my fault and I should be let back in. Anyway, after the rude comment she just smirked and wrote XXX or something like that on my boarding card. I was like whatever, but when I got to the line at the gate and they checked my boarding card I got taken into a run for a "special" inspection. So unless you love body cavity searches don't be stupid and say things you are going to regret to TSA agents.
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- prepend 4y agoI was on Sydney to LA and we diverted to Hawaii because a passenger died and was taken off. I found it curious that they wouldn’t just wait until LA as the person died in the air so it’s not like they needed immediate attention. We all stayed on board and we’re maybe down for 20 minutes.
- philsnow 4y agoI would guess they diverted out of: - respect for the dead: a person has just passed on. Many people want at least the illusion of deceased people being at rest, and would think it's undignified to bring the body all the way to the destination when it could be allowed to be taken off and "rest". and - the comfort of surrounding passengers: there's not a lot of free space on a passenger plane. I don't know if there are any procedures for moving a body to someplace more convenient to the other passengers, but doing so would kind of fly in the face of the previous point.