"He opened the back door and he just fell out the plane"

[workpublic]

“I have a door ajar and a passenger that fell down. I’m six miles from Tamiami,” the pilot says.

“You said you’ve got a passenger that fell out of your plane?” the air traffic controller responds.

“That’s correct, sir,” the pilot responds. “He opened the back door and he just fell out the plane.”


WEIRD

well it is in Florida after all

www.lohud.com/viewart/20131115/NEWS/311150026/Search-resume-man-who-fell-from-plane-Florida

[Deleted]

Weirder yet, it was a story from Florida (MSN has it on the front page) that didn't have guns, hoodies, SYG references, mass murder, or racially motivated mayhem (and murder).

[workpublic]

i think single murder might rear it's ugly head though.

“He opened the back door and he just fell out the plane.”

who was it?     Bernie?

[zibazinski]

Weirder yet, work public posted it!

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Was his name Peter Griffin?

[kittensaver]

Hello!

Suicide

Duh . . . .

[zibazinski]

Thank heavens no one else was hurt.

[the flying reindeer]

Nov 15, 2013 12:46:06 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Weirder yet, it was a story from Florida (MSN has it on the front page) that didn't have guns, hoodies, SYG references, mass murder, or racially motivated mayhem (and murder).

Or sinkholes.

[EVT1]

Nov 15, 2013 12:46:06 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Weirder yet, it was a story from Florida (MSN has it on the front page) that didn't have guns, hoodies, SYG references, mass murder, or racially motivated mayhem (and murder).

You think that's all FL has to offer when it comes to crazy shit?  Ever read anything from Carl Hiaasen?  Where do you think his ideas came from?   Actually this story would fit right in with one of his nutball plots.

[EVT1]

Nov 15, 2013 16:43:10 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Was his name Peter Griffin?

No mention of a fight with a giant chicken.

[ZaireinHD]

I saw the story on the news at work, started laughing. the pilot was ...his voice was normal, no yelling, or screaming, or excitement, just calm, and normal. the door his passenger opened went down with the passenger. video of the landed plane is missing the door! at first I was laughing cause hey buddy, you're gonna be up on murder charges in 5, 4, 3....!
News reporter stated police are investigating if pushed, versus fell.

[the flying reindeer]

I saw on NBC News.com that the body has been found. Let the fun begin.

[steff]

Nov 17, 2013 15:51:33 GMT -5 the flying reindeer said:

I saw on NBC News.com that the body has been found. Let the fun begin.

They found the body in......wait for it....



a MANgrove!

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Ba-dum Ching!

[Tennesseer]

Nov 17, 2013 17:03:39 GMT -5 steff said:

Nov 17, 2013 15:51:33 GMT -5 the flying reindeer said:

I saw on NBC News.com that the body has been found. Let the fun begin.

They found the body in......wait for it....



a MANgrove!

He's all washed up.

For some unknown reason, the thread title reminds me of the Beatles' song 'She Came In Through the Bathroom Window'.

[EVT1]

And for an encore:

www.nbcmiami.com/news/Body-Falls-Through-Glass-Ceiling-at-Hollywood-Westin-Diplomat-Resort--Spa-232260791.html

Just another day in Fla la la la  

[Shooby]

Yeah pretty hilarious I guess.

[the flying reindeer]

Nov 17, 2013 19:38:20 GMT -5 Shooby said:

Yeah pretty hilarious I guess.

As long as you're not the victim!!

[Shooby]

My uncle owned a small plane. And when I was a kid he took me flying and we flew with the door open and he did flying tricks. I was about 8 or so at the time so it could happen.

[Sum Dum Gai]

Why would he leave the door open?

[Shooby]

I dunno. I was just a kid. I thought it was cool.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

My uncle owned a small plane. And when I was a kid he took me flying and we flew with the door open and he did flying tricks.

But the pilot radioed the tower to say the door was ajar.

Pipers are pretty small planes - similar to Cessnas.

I worked for an Aviation maintenance company several years ago and used to go on test flights after maintenance was done on privately owned planes (it was a little perk of the job).

Once the door is closed/locked by the pilot, it's not likely that it would open on its own mid-air. The pilot's indicator light would also go on - which is probably why he radioed the tower.

miami.cbslocal.com/2013/11/15/pilot-demonstrates-door-mechanics-on-similar-mid-air-mystery-plane/

PEMBROKE PINES (CBSMiami) – Pilot Tom Roses owns a Piper PA 46, similar to the plane at the center of Thursday’s mid-air mystery.

Roses said the door on the plane has two sections and has several pins that hold it in place. Roses demonstrated that to open the top you need to pull out a pin and turn a handle at the same time.

It would be pretty difficult for the pilot of such a small plane to release the door hatch while navigating the plane.

It could very well have been that the door wasn't latched properly, but placing a conspiracy theory on the man being pushed from the plane seems preposterous.

[Shooby]

Yes it was a Piper.

[vandalshandle]

I am pretty sure that this guy was a muslim terrorist, who flunked out of the training program for airplane hijack/suicide missions. He just couldn't quite remember the details of how the mission was supposed to progress.

[NoNamePerson]

Nov 15, 2013 23:33:34 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Nov 15, 2013 12:46:06 GMT -5 @jma23 said:

Weirder yet, it was a story from Florida (MSN has it on the front page) that didn't have guns, hoodies, SYG references, mass murder, or racially motivated mayhem (and murder).

You think that's all FL has to offer when it comes to crazy shit?  Ever read anything from Carl Hiaasen?  Where do you think his ideas came from?   Actually this story would fit right in with one of his nutball plots.

I love Carl Hiaasen books

[ZaireinHD]

Nov 19, 2013 20:31:19 GMT -5 Shooby said:

I dunno. I was just a kid. I thought it was cool.

see Shooby it's stuff like that happening in the past why safety steps in and no more fun.
I can't imagine that happening today!
I was thinking this pilot used his auto pilot and pushed his passenger out!

Shooby even though you had this flying without a door experience; with tricks. would you be ok with your child in the same situation today time?

[Shooby]

LOL!  Of course I wouldn't be cool if that was my kid.  But back then our parents really didn't worry about every possible bad thing that could ever happen.  They didn't have 24 hr news in their face telling them of all the evils in the world 24/7.  And, it truly is a different world.  My mom just thought that it was family so I would be fine, and I was.

[Shooby]

  He actually told me to take control of the plane and pull back the wheel or whatever it was.  I said 'no" and then he laughed and said we would have done a loop de loop!  

[ZaireinHD]

Laughing now - so true Shooby
we were kids and just having some fun!
what could go wrong!