MidAir at Centennial Airport Cirrus and Metroliner

[skyking3286]

KeyLime and SR-22 just happened. More details coming, all survived, Cirrus under chute

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/ne...-no-reported-injuries-officials-say?_amp=true

Thought the rudder was missing, but its grey and hard to see in the first views they had of the plane.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I love that the guy recording the video of the Cirrus is just watching it come out of the sky instead of rushing out to provide assistance. It couldn't have been more than a few hundred yards from him.

Very unfortunate modern trend. Or taking a video of a mass murderer shooting at people in a nightclub instead of grabbing everything nearby and throwing at him and rushing him while he is distracted.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

For a shooting, we teach people to run, hide, or fight, in that order.

Definitely the right order in a normal attack. But when trapped in a nightclub with the attacker walking around looking for people to shoot, I suspect the time has come to fight. Really no other choice other than sitting around to become a sitting duck. I think it might also be different when there is a large group to confront a single attacker. Same analysis applies to the murderer in the theater in Colorado.

Of course, it is also true that one can't really know unless one was there - Monday morning quarter-backing and all. But yes, certainly don't stand around taking cell phone videos!

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I'll agree that taking videos is a modern trend, but standing there, gawking and not getting involved, is a grand old human tradition. The vast majority of humans have no experience with what might be bloody, catastrophic scenes, and there's going to be a reluctance to get involved with them. It ain't the phone's fault.

That's right. I think there is some research on this. And it may be related to group size. In really large groups, everyone assumes someone else is taking care of the problem.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

What is your definition of "so often"?

This is the first thread I've seen that had a mention of guns.

You have to remember that for the poster in question, any mention of other people’s rights offends him greatly, particularly their gun rights.

Probably should just stick to reporting the posts if he thinks they violate the TOS here, rather than adding to the extraneous traffic, IMO.