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Due-Ad-7308 t1_iy78pnd wrote

"Before a man drank coffee, a barista took his money and prepared the cup" - this same journalist probably

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mancer187 t1_iy79ksh wrote

I laughed so you get an upvote, but in this case they're telling us the pilot was flying in controlled airspace and was definitely told to climb.

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Eknoom t1_iy7edfl wrote

120’ agl, miles from the airstrip flying night ifr. Will be interesting to see the ntsb case on this one

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derphurr t1_iyay8fq wrote

1.2 miles and 5:45pm.. so maybe dusk. He was IFR and warned by tower about alt

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SyrousStarr t1_iy7o0wt wrote

You make it sound like it's a normal part of the process. I imagine it's more like the barista warned him that wasn't the coffee line but the janitorial closet, and the guy still drank some industrial cleaner anyway.

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jonathanrdt t1_iy89mtd wrote

I like the closing quote:

> Smouse said the incident was “pretty scary” and his house is located in an area where planes and jets often pass through.

> “I think about it a lot, where they come in, and, literally, they are like 200 or 300 feet over us,” he said.

Powerful insight: planes in the air overhead.

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quesupo t1_iy8eph2 wrote

And the airport outdates the vast majority of people who live there. They built suburban sprawl all around it. It’s not some big surprise that there are airplanes at the airport.

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