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Offline sflyer

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Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
« on: May 26, 2009, 09:28:07 PM »
Other pilots and controller step on emergency transmissions of mayday aircraft.



kea001

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Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2009, 09:44:27 PM »
Nice find.

Can't believe he did that during a holiday in a park.
Witness in news report says it looked graceful; no one around panicked.

Plane Lands In Seattle Park
Posted: 4:28 pm PDT May 25, 2009
http://www.kirotv.com/news/19561802/detail.html

Wings removed from plane that landed in Seattle park
Originally published May 26, 2009 at 2:24 PM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009264672_webplane26m.html

Offline fholbert

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Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2009, 12:50:31 AM »
Other pilots and controller step on emergency transmissions of mayday aircraft.

A good example of why clear and concise transmissions should be made. "We are heading for the lake" had little meaning. Declaring and emergency or a Mayday would have meant something.

It all worked out well however.

Frank Holbert
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Offline otto_pilot

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Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2009, 06:51:55 AM »
This is not the pilots fault he said mayday he was just stepped on. Its hard to get a message across when other pilots and the controller are talking over you. Nice job by the pilots.

Offline The_Duke

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Re: Centurion Down in Seattle Park - Comm Confusion
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2009, 01:06:08 PM »
Nice Find.  Its always good to have a helicopter nearby when things start getting sporty.