[Scan-DC] PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS

[Doug Kitchener]

How about 'The aircraft stuck the ground, causing it to crash.'

I haven't read the whole thing yet, hopefully they didn't say "burst into flames".  On the news, nothing ever catches fire, it always "bursts into flames".  (<WUFF!>)  I keep meaning to submit that one to Lake Superior State University.

DK

(obviously still grouchy!)

:)

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> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:37:58 -0500
> From: b_thom at juno.com
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE CAUSED MARYLAND STATE POLICE HELICOPTER CRASH IN MARYLAND, NTSB FINDS
>
>
> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:44 -0400 Charley Armstrong
>  writes:
>> They have to phrase it that manner - it's more of less of a standard
>>
>> way of saying "failure to maintain adequate separation from the
>> ground."
>>
>> C.
>
> What's that term that's used a lot - "controlled flight into terrain," I
> think.
 		 	   		  
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