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Lying arse media - Plane crash in the lake and sensationalism
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:24 pm
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Flight tracking data from FlightAware showed the plane flying out from the Gulfport airport just after 5:40 p.m. Minutes later, the plane started descending quickly over land, dropping 2,200 feet in about 10 minutes.
Headline "2,200 feet in 10 minutes" on NOLA.com and some other sites.
I thought to myself that doesn't seem so fast. Two minutes on Google and a call to a pilot buddy confirmed that normal descent rate in a Cessna is 500 feet A MINUTE. So 2,200 in 10 minutes is normal / slow.
The media cares not if they are deceiving you. The OT remains my primary source of fairly unbiased local news.
LINK to fake news
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Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:25 pm to jbgleason
So, what are we supposed to melt about?
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:26 pm to jbgleason
This was probably written by some 22 year old chick being paid $12/article
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:26 pm to jbgleason
It’s nautical minutes when you’re dealing with aviation.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:27 pm to jbgleason
It's actually in the headline as if it was plummeting to the earth. 2,220 feet in 10 minute is 222 feet per minute - a very gentle descent.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:27 pm to jbgleason
Reading a news article about a subject you are very familiar with such as your job is always a laugh. They get so much wrong most of the time.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:28 pm to OysterPoBoy
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It’s nautical minutes when you’re dealing with aviation.
You still have to account for the time change.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:37 pm to LegendInMyMind
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It’s nautical minutes when you’re dealing with aviation.
You still have to account for the time change.
You see? THIS is the commentary I come to the OT for.
The downvoters can go to hell with Ole Miss.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:42 pm to jbgleason
It's called lazy journalism. No one holds them accountable.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:44 pm to back9Tiger
Modern competency crisis.
Everything is unprofessional now.
Everything is unprofessional now.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 12:57 pm to LegendInMyMind
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You still have to account for the time change.
And the rotation of the sun. That’s faster than you think.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 1:09 pm to back9Tiger
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It's called lazy journalism. No one holds them accountable.
Might not be anyone there to hold them accountable. Staffs have been severely cut back and deadlines are immediate, not daily.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 1:17 pm to jbgleason
Did they cross any time zones upon descent? That, along with time change and nautical minutes will really screw up the calcs.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 1:19 pm to jbgleason
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Plane crash in the lake and sensationalism
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Lying arse media -
so what are you saying...it landed in the lake?
Posted on 11/25/25 at 1:19 pm to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 11/25/25 at 1:28 pm to nes2010
Dunning-Kruger effect
Posted on 11/25/25 at 1:30 pm to geauxtigers87
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So, what are we supposed to melt about?
Posted on 11/25/25 at 1:34 pm to Cubera
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Did they cross any time zones upon descent? That, along with time change and nautical minutes will really screw up the calcs.
This shite makes being at work tolerable.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 2:39 pm to geauxtigers87
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So, what are we supposed to melt about?
Posted on 11/25/25 at 2:46 pm to jbgleason
How dare they write facts.
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