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Selfies likely the cause of deadly plane crash

By Kate Seamons
Published February 03, 2015
This may rank as one of the deadlier selfies-that-kill stories: The photos likely contributed to not one person's death, but two. The NTSB report on a May 31 plane crash in Watkins, Colo., cites recordings from a GoPro camera found at the scene.

They show pilot Amritpal Singh, 29, and his passenger using their cellphones to take selfies. The report indicates that the phones' flashes disoriented Singh (it was sometime after 12:30am); he then lost control of the plane, reports KUSA-TV.

A portion of the report via the Denver Post: "Post-accident examination of the airplane did not reveal any pre-impact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Based on the wreckage distribution ... and the degraded visual reference conditions, it is likely that the pilot experienced spatial disorientation and lost control of the airplane." CBS Denver notes the selfies were taken at low altitudes, and speaks with an aviation security expert who knew Singh.

Jeff Price says that a camera flash can be particularly problematic at those altitudes. He recounts being in the cockpit once when a flash went off; it was as jarring as lightning, he says.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/02/03/selfies-likely-cause-deadly-plane-crash/?cmpid=cmty_twitter_fn

Keep rejecting PDP/GEJ!

This is much commendable. So good to be paid for what you love doing.

Let's hope the military bureaucracy does nothing that would dampen their morale like we daily hear and read about.

Keke Change!

Sai Buhari jare!

PDP's handiwork.

They can decide not to vote while we go to the polling stations to sack cluelessness and institutionalised corruption out of Nigeria this Febuhari 14th.
The choice is theirs.

dre11:
And there will be another committee to look into the report that committee submitted

Before he now organise a high power committee to give a white paper recommendation on what the committee submitted.

Before now table it to the presidential advisory committee to look into the white paper report


That's GEJ workings man

And that's cluelessness in its purest form

Cc Seun, obinoscopy, lalasticlala, et al.

Trust Jonathan. He will set up a committee to look into this report.

BTW, why is Jona collecting the report like an award? Is he aware of what these men are presenting to him?

The report was made available to President Jonathan by PWC’s country senior partner, Uyi Akpala and the Risk and Quality Leader for Africa, Gabriel Ukpeh.

The audit was ordered by Nigeria’s minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala after a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi disclosed that over $60 billion was stolen by NNPC officials in collusion with some local oil companies.
 
The content of the report has not been disclosed to the public as at the time of publishing this report.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/02/pricewater-house-cooper-submits-forensic-audit-report-finances-nnpc-jonathan

May God bless their marriage and #CHANGE their life for better.

May they never give birth to any clueless child.

We seriously need radical #Change in this country.

Waiting for another insult from the arrogant woman.

These guys should just stop all the online polls. It's not working.

Sai Mr. Integrity!
#GMB15

Good job.

I think the Nigerian military should be at the offensive. Cos the best defence is always a good offense.

Another goodluck fraud detected.

Great job!

In a couple of weeks the news will be: Nigerian Voters Reclaim Country From PDP Fraudsters!

This is what Nigerians need to see.
I must share this to lots of my facebook friends. No matter how long it takes.

Jonathan has not only condoned and encouraged fraud, he has made it mandatory to the extent that there's hardly anything that's not ruined by fraud.
Leave the so-called debate for the king of fraud. It's not uncommon for him to go solo.

Only God knows what would be left of this country should (God forbid!) this grand patron of reckless fraud continue for another four years.

Why the emphasis on symbols?
One thing about these symbols is that it places people at liberty to attach different theories and meanings to them.

hyfr:
ok Pdp hacked into her account to fake her writings Eh? Just displayed your own share of illiteracy

As if PDP has anything to campaign with so far other than creating diversionary tactics and personal attacks in it's vilest form.
I'm not surprised when willfully ignorant TANkids and intellectual midgets like you get easily swayed with the simplest tricks.

AkinEgba:
Zahra, it is ''even the rain wants change''.
Not ''even rain want change''.

And please, ALWAYS start sentences with a capital letter.

Your father is a male Fulani cattle minder.
You are a female Fulani cattle minder.

Stop trying to get into our faces, you are not intelligent enough to impress us.

This is your (PDPidiot) motive for hacking into her account.
You should be more concerned about the disgraceful & reckless gbagaun of that shameless madam piss, your illiterate first lady.

You spoke the truth Oshio Baba.
PDP are thieves. They keep robbing us of N750 fixed charges for electricity which they failed to supply.

And this is the same AIT that intends to host (and organise) election debates. SMH!

This is 2015, not 1999. If you want to lie, you have to be very smart.

san316:
GEJ is trying to hold his fart because Ribadu will be worst hit if he releases the bomb.

PDP is a party of baboons. They have been disgraced and immobilised in Edo state.

PDP is full of liars.

We are winning already.

Collynzo9:
Bitter Oby Ezekwesili, she is bitter about the fact that this government didn't give her any appointment.

What kind of deformed mentality have you? Gosh!

It is trully sad and so annoying, Madam @obyezeks.
The arrogant Ngozi even had to type in capital letters. Such lack of decorum!
GEJ's presidency has dragged this nation on a downward spiral. Now is the time to rescue what's left of our dear country by embracing CHANGE.