Your Thursday WTF moment

[UnatcoAgent]

From TWENTY-THREE-THOUSAND damned feet up

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Man leaps to death from airplane flying to Nunavut
Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 12:08 PM CT Comments67Recommend141
CBC News
The man jumped out of the charter flight Wednesday, about 180 kilometres from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, according to police.The man jumped out of the charter flight Wednesday, about 180 kilometres from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, according to police. (CBC)

An apparently distressed passenger aboard a small charter flight Wednesday night to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, forced open the aircraft's door and leapt to his death, police said.

The incident took place during a flight from Yellowknife northeast to Cambridge Bay, a community in western Nunavut, RCMP said Thursday.

At the time, the aircraft was about 180 kilometres from the Cambridge Bay airport, flying at an altitude of about 23,000 feet.

Staff Sgt. Harold Trupish told CBC News Thursday morning that an air search has begun for the man's remains. Searchers are relying on GPS co-ordinates, he added.
Pilots declared in-flight emergency

Police say the crew of the King Air 200 aircraft called in an emergency during the flight, reporting that one of the two passengers on board was being unruly.

When RCMP officers met the plane as it landed in Cambridge Bay, they learned that a 20-year-old man, who police described as distressed, had opened the exit door and jumped out, despite efforts by the two pilots to defuse the situation.

With the cabin breached in mid-air, the pilots steered the plane to a safe landing in Cambridge Bay, police said.
'Huge force' needed to open doors: pilot

Iqaluit pilot Wes Alldridge, who was not on board the charter but has logged thousands of hours in King Air 200 aircraft, said the plane's exit doors are not supposed to open at altitudes as high as 23,000 feet.

"This door has four big steel pins that lock the main cabin door to the fuselage. So while the aircraft is pressurized, it's not possible to open the door," Alldridge said.

"It would take huge force and you'd have to have a failure of that safety feature."

RCMP say they hope to release further details about the incident later Thursday.

 

[dabuddha]

Yeah right he jumped.

 

[maziwanka]

wtf

 

[meltdown75]

i'd jump too, if they were flying me to Nunavut.

on the way down, i'd yell, "I'LL HAVE NONE OF ITTTTTTTTTTTTTttttttttttttttt"

 

[evident]

probably a coverup for a murder... who knows?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i'd jump too, if they were flying me to Nunavut.

on the way down, i'd yell, "I'LL HAVE NONE OF ITTTTTTTTTTTTTttttttttttttttt"

:laugh: no kidding.

KT

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i'd jump too, if they were flying me to Nunavut.

on the way down, i'd yell, "I'LL HAVE NONE OF ITTTTTTTTTTTTTttttttttttttttt"

:laugh:
:beer:

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i'd jump too, if they were flying me to Nunavut.

on the way down, i'd yell, "I'LL HAVE NONE OF ITTTTTTTTTTTTTttttttttttttttt"

LOL

 

[Newbian]

Ehh, my Thursday wtf moment was waking up from the dream and missing my dino love mate but that's a entirely different story.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Newbian
Ehh, my Thursday wtf moment was waking up from the dream and missing my dino love mate but that's a entirely different story.

You're into dino love? That's new.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i'd jump too, if they were flying me to Nunavut.

on the way down, i'd yell, "I'LL HAVE NONE OF ITTTTTTTTTTTTTttttttttttttttt"

The three Nunavut sectors at Edmonton Centre are Nunavut, Sumofit, Allofit

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i'd jump too, if they were flying me to Nunavut.

on the way down, i'd yell, "I'LL HAVE NONE OF ITTTTTTTTTTTTTttttttttttttttt"

nice

 

[LS8]

Did they find the body I wonder? It would suck to get hit by a falling person, or have him come through your roof. Can you imagine if you were on the thrown when he crashed through the roof right into the tub?

 

[Pheran]

Yikes - falling 23,000 feet is going to give you a significant amount of time to think about the fact that you're about to die. Human terminal velocity is around 125 mph falling flat, so ignoring the initial acceleration (which doesn't take long), it would take approximately 2 minutes to reach the ground.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: Pheran
Yikes - falling 23,000 feet is going to give you a significant amount of time to think about the fact that you're about to die. Human terminal velocity is around 125 mph falling flat, so ignoring the initial acceleration (which doesn't take long), it would take approximately 2 minutes to reach the ground.

I'd take a nap before I hit.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: Pheran
Yikes - falling 23,000 feet is going to give you a significant amount of time to think about the fact that you're about to die. Human terminal velocity is around 125 mph falling flat, so ignoring the initial acceleration (which doesn't take long), it would take approximately 2 minutes to reach the ground.

I'd take a nap before I hit.

I'd start jerking it.



furiously.