A news station reported that the high winds in Memphis made at least one escape chute unuseable. How does certification for a cargo or passenger aircraft assume that winds won't be a factor? How can the "authorities" certify an aircraft for a situation where only half of the available emer exits are useable-and this does not include a fire on the downwind side. We could turn a smoking brake or engine downwind, if we have a chance before we stop and consider an evacuation. In FAA-approved simulator training, we are not allowed to taxi around for a while before we practice the evacuation procedures for over a hundred passengers.
A different (lady) Fedex pilot, who is married to one of our pilots, had a brother whose aircraft collided at night with an "unknown" object not far north of Mobile Airport in Alabama not long ago. I don't remember if he was in a Caravan or solo in a recip plane, but the ATC radar tapes seem to have been confiscated after the tragedy, based on what I remember from $^#\/#'s remarks.
Anyway, the information surrounding the accident is confidential. Either a 'remotely piloted vehicle' or some other classified object seems to have been involved.
