Runway Girl Mary Kirby has ideas to avert tragedies like Flight MH370
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| Mary Kirby suggests backup transponders on airplanes |
Would a backup transponder have maintained communication long enough to save MH370? The world will likely never know, but it certainly would have been a step in the right direction.
Kirby, whose Runway Girl Network creates a connectivity among flyers worldwide, has plenty of ideas for avoiding this sort of tragedy. Watch her brief CBS interview below and let us know if you think her ideas are brilliant or insane.
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SIMPLE: Segregate planes: atheist-only flights and "others"....! That way innocent people will not be hijacked by religious nutters.
ReplyDeleteNo evidence whatever at this point it was "hijacked by religious nutters" It looks like the flight path was re-programmed on the flight deck but nothing yet to suggest why or even by whom
Deletealthough obviously the pilot and the co-pilot are the prime suspects. Kneejerk reactions like that of Anonymous - sentence first, verdict afterwards - just go to reinforce paranoia.
I agree with you Erastian. It's important to maintain perspective and not leap to unfounded conclusions.
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