Turn off your cell phone

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It might interfere with flight systems.

Apparently pilots don't think so. Texting distracted this one and he forgot to lower the landing gear.

Distracted pilot forgets to lower landing gear - Yahoo! Travel

Fortunately it all ended safely.
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  • Well now, doesn't that just make a person feel safe to board an enormous piece of metal that hurtles through the sky at hundreds of miles an hour, and is capable of dropping like a rock from same said sky in a nano second, obliterating all life aboard.

    It is damaging enough to text while you drive into someones living room, but worrying about a cell phone at 30,000 feet while you are in charge of the lives of numerous people seems a wee bit irresponsible.

    If I am going to get into a huge metal tube that flies through the air, I would prefer my pilot had slept eight hours, did not drink his or her breakfast, and had their cell phone battery pulled out just to make sure it wouldn't make any "noises".

    And yes, I prefer to drive
  • When I saw this story earlier...mt first reaction was 'the pilot is an idiot' - but where was his co-pilot? Why were they both clueless? This story explains why they were...but that still is no excuse - It was not OK for passengers, but its OK for him...
  • Looks like boycotting the TSA pervert fest might just save lives.
  • Never heard about this kind of information ..!! its totally new for me .. i am thankful to you that you shared new and nice information
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    • How long does it take to deploy landing gear if it can't be extended into place from 720ft!?

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