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Old 10-17-2012, 08:22 AM
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Great work,eh?
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Old 10-17-2012, 08:28 AM
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Kudos to them! +1
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Old 10-17-2012, 11:56 AM
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Nice job with the rescue effort all the way around.

Air Canada Flight Rescues Sailor In The Pacific Ocean

Didn't we recently have an airliner try to help in some emergency situation and it ended in controversy?

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Old 10-17-2012, 01:41 PM
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Already posted and I think your referring to SWA pulling up to that king air in Florida per atc's request ?
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Old 10-17-2012, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by joethepilot View Post
Already posted and I think your referring to SWA pulling up to that king air in Florida per atc's request ?
Can you point me me it and I'll merge the threads - and yes - that is what I was thinking about - thanks.

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Impressive work!
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Old 10-17-2012, 03:19 PM
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I think there was an air new zealand rescue
of a small plane years ago. Same kind where the
pax were searching out the windows.
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Old 10-17-2012, 03:20 PM
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That was my idea.
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Old 10-17-2012, 04:15 PM
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Talk about passengers being jazzed... I'm sure they were very excited to be a part of a legitimate SAR operation.
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