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Old 9th Oct 2023, 02:39
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cncpc
 
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Originally Posted by PiperCameron
If it turns out it was "pilot incapacitation", frankly I don't see how the same thing happening in a car travelling at 100kmh on a typical country road wouldn't end with exactly the same outcome (apart from the typical negative press coverage and CASA overreaction, that is).

It'd just be another "family of four dies wrapped around a tree" on the nightly news, an increase in the road accident statistics for the month, and that'd be the end of it.
With respect, it is different on the ground. There is a period before incapacitation in which you know something isn't right and can pull over.
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