<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Maybe this airline mechanic at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport was hopped on DayQuil earlier this week -- after all, "they" do say to take caution if operating heavy machinery. Whatever the cause, a mechanic at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport accidentally pressed a starter switch on a commuter airplane she was cleaning, which immediately sent the craft into full-fledged take-off mode -- right into two other planes inside the same hangar. All three planes were destroyed, ultimately causing $100,000,000 in damages, not to mention nearly killing herself and 14 other workers, according to a report from Baton Rouge's WAFB-TV. The entire incident took all of about five seconds according to witnesses, who are still dumbfounded as to how the whole hanger wasn't sent up in flames. We all make mistakes, but we're pretty sure this woman will soon be out of a job. [Source: WAFB]</div>
It's just a switch that sends the plane to take off? I thought there would have been more to it than that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ryan @ Jul 24 2008, 04:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's just a switch that sends the plane to take off? I thought there would have been more to it than that.</div> same. You'd have thought that a more complicated sequence was needed so accidents like this never happened. Lazy Pilots. Whats next Auto-pilot? Oh Wait...
theres a throttle, which must have been left at a high level....this accident is not really her fault, a lot of people contributed, she just lit the match so to speak....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Jul 24 2008, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>There has to be a video of this somewhere on the internet.</div> Not if the whole thing lasted five seconds. That's not enough time to get the hell out of the way, and then pull out your cell phone camera.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef @ Jul 24 2008, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>theres a throttle, which must have been left at a high level....this accident is not really her fault, a lot of people contributed, she just lit the match so to speak....</div> Exactly, the engines have to be on, basically the whole plane needs to be powered first, with the engines running and then the throttle if pushed forward, increases the speed of the engines which in turn makes the plane go forward. There's more to this story I bet.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Jul 24 2008, 08:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>There are other types of cameras--security cameras being another form.</div> They probably had it on security cam, but I wouldn't be surprised if that footage never made it to youtube. They can control the distribution of that video and may choose not to. It's an embarrassment for them.
