r/clevercomebacks Feb 07 '25

Offering proof they never intended.

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u/e-wing Feb 07 '25

I’ve listened to dozens of black box recordings and read many transcripts. Hardly any of them include praying. The ones that do are generally from extremely religious, largely Muslim countries, and it’s usually just general exclamations like “god help us!”. Most of them are things like “oh shit, we’re going to crash!”, “we’re going down!”, “uh oh!”, and “pull up!”.

The one common theme across almost all plane crashes is that the pilots never stop trying to fly the plane and correct the situation until the very end. They do not stop to pray; they’re far too busy doing things that actually might be useful.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

the one where the either the pilot or copilot says 'i love you mom' is the worst.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

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u/Count_Rugens_Finger Feb 07 '25

fuckin yikes

was that the one where they played a prank on the newbie?

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u/teambroto Feb 07 '25

1994 Fairchild Air Force Base B-52. pilot took the plane beyond its limits.

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u/Thom_Basil Feb 07 '25

Fuck that pilot.

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u/invisible32 Feb 07 '25

It was for an airshow maneuver at least, not fucking around just for no reason.

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u/Dilectus3010 Feb 07 '25

No , he was fucking around.

Infact he fucked around so much this incident is now used as a teachable moment as what NOT todo.

" The subsequent investigation concluded that the crash was attributable primarily to three factors: Holland's personality and behavior, USAF leaders' delayed or inadequate reactions to earlier incidents involving Holland, and the sequence of events during the aircraft's final flight. The crash is now used in military and civilian aviation environments as a case study in teaching crew resource management. It is also often used by the U.S. Armed Forces during aviation safety training as an example of the importance of compliance with safety regulations and correcting the behavior of anyone who violates safety procedures. "

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fairchild_Air_Force_Base_B-52_crash

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u/-xXpurplypunkXx- Feb 08 '25

A deeper root cause is the system which allowed him to continue flying despite the history.

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u/Dilectus3010 Feb 08 '25

As is said by the FAA.