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- From: johnson@spectra.com (boyd johnson)
- Subject: Re: Problems with DieHard 2
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.001056.19236@spectra.com>
- Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
- References: <78488@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Dec22.083229.12868@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <00965765.53414BE0@vms.csd.mu.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 00:10:56 GMT
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- In article <00965765.53414BE0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 9073hammesm@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.083229.12868@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, clueless@bradley.edu (Mark Kristie) writes:
- >>Jorge Diaz (ccoprdj@prism.gatech.EDU) wrote:
- >>: In article <1992Dec15.203113.4791@Virginia.EDU> rrb2x@Virginia.EDU (Richard Ramiaz Banks) writes:
- >>
- >>: >they did try to reroute the airplanes during the
- >>: >movie. The ones with the most fuel were sent elsewhere,
- >>: >whereas those with little fuel flew in a circular pattern.
- >>
- >>: Sorry, dude, if you have enough fuel to circle for 2 hours, you can fly
- >>: to another airbase.
- >>
- >>You don't if you're told by the airport to circle and wait cuz they're
- >>going to have their systems back up shortly.... By the time you realize
- >>it's too late, you don't have enough fuel left....
- >
- >I think the point was that in real life the airport would NEVER have let
- >the planes just circle for two hours in the hopes that they would have
- >things fixed by then. They would have been diverted immediately.
- >But, of course, then there wouldn't have been a movie.
-
- Sorry if this is a repeat. I missed the beginning of the thread.
- I thought the most glaring problem with the tower being out of
- communication with the airplanes was that there must have been many
- planes at the gates somebody could have boarded, switched on the radio,
- and let all of the planes in the air know the facts along with
- instructions to divert to an alternate airport immediately.
-
- Nevertheless, I thought it was a great movie. You just have to overlook
- the implausabilities.
-
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