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We should be discussing no-engine planes, since they are obviously safer in such situations.
Yes, why would we put those polluting and noisy engines on the plane? The passengers could just take turns going out and pushing.
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Why would a flock of birds large enough to be ingested by both engines of a two-engined plane not also be large enough to be ingested by all four engines of a four-engined plane?
>Why don’t all four tires on a car blow out at the same time?
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Similarly The Guardian has a weekly publication - https://support.theguardian.com/uk/subscribe/weekly Unfortunately it doesn't appear to have a digital option?
I can access a digital Guardian Weekly through my public library's online magazines (Hoopla or Libby or some such).
And I've just seen that you CAN get The Guardian Weekly digital subscription here, free if you've got a print subscription? Though obviously I'm wondering why the Guardian don't advertise this?
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A pilot speculated that it looks like a multiple bird strike.
Why no control inputs then? Surely, the plane could still be commanded in absence of engine power.
About all they could probably do was to try to get the engines going.
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If you don't read news, you are uninformed. If you read news, you are misinformed
I”m reformed. I reread hn.
Regarding the original sentiment though, uninformed vs misinformed...
Isn't this basically just good old signal processing? We either don't have enough signal, or we're saturated with noise. Economic feedback loops keep the news noise at a saturated level; we don't seem to be able to collectively agree or incentivize having a spot of information spectrum that has a decent discernible signal.
The "free" press is no more free than it was 300 years ago. Then it was owned by despotic interests. Today, it is owned by need to make money.
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Why would a flock of birds large enough to be ingested by both engines of a two-engined plane not also be large enough to be ingested by all four engines of a four-engined plane?
Good point. We should be discussing eight-engine planes.
Gentle tip from a lifelong aviation enthusiast: wait one week before reading on causation. Exposing yourself to first-week speculation isn’t just unproductive, it’s often counterproductive since the actual findings can rhyme with the false speculation closely enough that you wind up muddling the two in your mind.
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I agree with that wholeheartedly. The problem is that people want to discuss today's news now. Explaining them this and not being able to engage in the conversation isn't a great way to connect with people unfortunately.
There's always the weather... how's yours? Mine is warm, a bit of cloudy, and a bit of smoke in the air from PNW fires.