Bentrovato 1,026 Posted March 8 If the bullets don't get you ..... On Friday reports said five people had been killed by airdropped aid whose parachutes did not deploy properly. The BBC's US partner CBS quote an eyewitness and the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza as saying that the five people had been killed on Friday when at least one parachute failed to properly deploy and a parcel fell on them. AFP also quoted a Gaza doctor as saying five people had been killed by an air drop. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,188 Posted April 17 Palitha Thewarapperuma, Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament (most known for starting two major fights in Sri Lanka's parliament, bringing a blunt knife there and trying to stab other MPs, attempting suicide by hanging while demanding the authorities to admit 9 children into a public school, chaining himself to a truck while fasting...) expectedly dies from electrocution in his own home or garden. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,429 Posted April 17 1 hour ago, arghton said: Palitha Thewarapperuma, Sri Lankan politician and former Member of Parliament (most known for starting two major fights in Sri Lanka's parliament, bringing a blunt knife there and trying to stab other MPs, attempting suicide by hanging while demanding the authorities to admit 9 children into a public school, chaining himself to a truck while fasting...) expectedly dies from electrocution in his own home or garden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 834 Posted April 17 His death wasn't that interesting but what happened after the fact really was. Paolo Roberto Braga died earlier that day but someone was trying to take advantage of him after death. His so called niece Erika de Souza Viera Nunes took his corpse in a wheelchair to the bank in order to secure a loan of 17000 Real (about €3000,-). He wouldn't sign (obvious!) but she kept the act alive (...) by holding his head and fingers as if he was a muppet. A bank teller became suspicious due to his pale complexity and her act and filmed the exchange.... .....all for you you to see on YouTube Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,152 Posted May 21 Fuck knows which thread this really belongs on but... There was awesome turbulence, the plane's landed safely albeit with a load of injured and one dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8889d7x8j4o Too late to fasten the seatbelt, heart attack in terror or thrown around to the point of a neck break, or summat? Doutbless it'll be revealed in time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,673 Posted May 21 32 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Fuck knows which thread this really belongs on but... There was awesome turbulence, the plane's landed safely albeit with a load of injured and one dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8889d7x8j4o Too late to fasten the seatbelt, heart attack in terror or thrown around to the point of a neck break, or summat? Doutbless it'll be revealed in time Boeing. 'Nuff said. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,136 Posted May 21 1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said: Fuck knows which thread this really belongs on but... There was awesome turbulence, the plane's landed safely albeit with a load of injured and one dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8889d7x8j4o Too late to fasten the seatbelt, heart attack in terror or thrown around to the point of a neck break, or summat? Doutbless it'll be revealed in time FWIW, my guess would be no seatbelt, out of chair, broke neck or such on roof/overhead locker. Clear air turbulence can occasionally be that bad. I barely fly anymore but have always kept the seatbelt on. 33 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Boeing. 'Nuff said. Not this time Willz. Their behaviour as a corporation has been attrocious and it's not an unreasonable thought at all but this could as easily have been an Airbus, it wasn't due to a fault with the plane. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,673 Posted May 21 1 minute ago, En Passant said: Not this time Willz. They're behaviour as a corporation has been attrocious and it's not an unreasonable thought at all but this could as easily have been an Airbus, it wasn't due to a fault with the plane. Well, we don't know, although I was being slightly flippant. 6000 feet drop. Dunno if that is usual during turbulence. Might be something to do with the internal design leading to some sort of injury, or maybe the poor person was having airline food and choked to death. People don't generally die during turbulence - we'll find out soon enough - and then the whistleblowers can tell us what really happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,136 Posted May 21 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Well, we don't know, although I was being slightly flippant. 6000 feet drop. Dunno if that is usual during turbulence. Might be something to do with the internal design leading to some sort of injury, or maybe the poor person was having airline food and choked to death. People don't generally die during turbulence - we'll find out soon enough - and then the whistleblowers can tell us what really happened. Aye, I know mate. And I'm no defender of Boeing. Just rather focus on their actual flaws. It isn't, not by a long way. That's an absolutely massive drop. No, they don't because - as above. Whistle under seat in case of ditch in ocean 2000 miles from land. Handy. Oh wait not that kind of whistle blower. Yeah, they can . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,152 Posted May 21 Update on the turbulence death - the death was a 73 year old British man, eye-witness account below the picture (which if you're old enough is very reminiscent of photographs of "football special" trains of yesteryear): What happened on board the flight is still unclear. One passenger told Reuters news agency the aircraft suddenly started "tilting up and there was shaking". "So I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling," 28-year-old student Dzafran Azmir said. "Some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead and dented it, they hit the places where lights and masks are and broke straight through it." The airline said 31 people who had been on board the plane had been taken to hospital. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,136 Posted May 21 "73 year old British man with a heart condition". So.... A: Heart attack leaps up the probability order. and B: British! So we'll get to hear every nuance rather than it all fading into the background. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,152 Posted May 21 17 minutes ago, En Passant said: "73 year old British man with a heart condition". So.... A: Heart attack leaps up the probability order. and B: British! So we'll get to hear every nuance rather than it all fading into the background. Yeah, doubtless someone in the GB News newsroom just came in his trousers at this development, or summat! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,136 Posted May 21 "Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Kittipong Kittikachorn" Now that's a name. Never mind the difficulties of specifying the airport to your taxi driver. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 834 Posted May 21 8 hours ago, En Passant said: "Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Kittipong Kittikachorn" Now that's a name. Never mind the difficulties of specifying the airport to your taxi driver. This should be in "not famous, but what a moniker ". And I think the name of that person should be pronounced with a jaw harp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,262 Posted May 29 What an awful way to go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 15,245 Posted May 29 14 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: <br /> What an awful way to go Simulation here. Pretty grim! https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yYfrU5WrYu0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,119 Posted May 29 1 hour ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: What an awful way to go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 834 Posted May 29 1 minute ago, Spade_Cooley said: Not yet know if it was a passenger or employee, or man or woman. Only description sofar is Filet Americain..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
