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whiskeyboundcowboy t1_j9now4s wrote

Damn that's some Russian window shit right there

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montemanm1 t1_j9ojffg wrote

They were trying to take off in the middle of a thunderstorm. If they had waited fifteen minutes, the storm would have been past them

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Dense-Competition-51 t1_j9ox5ui wrote

That’s the thing—the storm was super brief. The winds were crazy, but the sun was shining an hour or two later. I wonder what the hurry was.

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timbulance t1_j9olqb7 wrote

falling on bullets type shit

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Dense-Competition-51 t1_j9oxa7r wrote

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. It seems like someone involved made a tragically bad call.

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BootShoeManTv t1_j9oz4i7 wrote

Yeah, but that person would have been the pilot.

I don’t think anyone is accusing the pilot of killing himself just to spite the residents of east Palestine.

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Dense-Competition-51 t1_j9ozwfi wrote

Oh, I’m catching up now. Yeah, I think the pilot just made a fatally bad call. They could’ve just been an hour late instead of permanently late.

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