Wednesday 21 August 2013

Today's Tuesday - quick thinking

A plane had to make an emergency crash landing in Yellowknife. Nobody was injured (21 passengers, 3 crew). One of the engines burst into flames right after takeoff. The pilot was able to turn around and get almost all the way back to the runway before hitting the ground. I want to know why they're investigating the pilot's training records. He just saved 24 lives with quick thinking and pilot skills. Clearly he was trained well, and knows what he's doing. If it were me up there I would have panicked and probably hit a building or something. In today's society we always need to find fault. If something goes wrong, the first priority seems to be punishing whoever is found to be "responsible." We have a hard time accepting that sometimes bad things happen and it wasn't anybody's fault. It just happened. Like this event. They're probably going to find a safety check that wasn't done properly before the flight or something. I think they should just say "the pilot is a hero" and be done with it. Thoughts? Comments? Here's the link:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/08/19/north-yellowknife-air-crash.html

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