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Old Apr 28, 2015, 7:08 am
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84fiero
 
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Originally Posted by nsx
We're making progress: He has noticed our irritation. I'll settle for that, since I trust Gary's judgment.
Or not...

http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....omment-3917039

(debated putting this in the click-bait thread)

Starts off mentioning the continual debates over the behavior of children on airliners, whether they belong in J/F, etc. So you'd think this must be some situation where an airline crash was caused by unruly kids.

The post does link to an article about an airplane crash in Australia....of a Cessna 310 (which is a twin-piston engine general aviation plane holding a maximum of 6 people including the pilot).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_310

The pilot actually blamed both children who were "excited and a little disruptive" and a front seat passenger who kept coughing. But it also notes the pilot purposely decided not to put the gear down at the point in the pre-landing checklist where it was listed and skipped the last-minute mnemonic to remind oneself to check the gear and other final items.

In any case, pretty hard to see the connection with screaming kids on an airliner - certainly not the "Is this the knockout punch" headline.
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