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Monadnock Guide
Council of Elders

USA

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Posted - August 14 2009 : 09:57:15 AM

Fatal Boston & New York train wrecks due to this type of activity, - when are we going to put a stop this bs??? ... People working in this area should HAVE to turn in any personal communication devices at the start of their shift, - with no exceptions.
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Where I'm working now, for a defense contractor, NO cell phones that take pictures, or ANY other devices that can take pictures are allowed into the building. You can leave it with the receptionist, (and get a receipt) or take back to your car and leave it there. The world hasn't come to and end, - and it works just fine.
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Air traffic controller suspended, was chatting on phone with girlfriend during Hudson River crash

By Kenneth R. Bazinet
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Updated Thursday, August 13th 2009, 8:13 PM

The exact moment when a tourist helicopter collided with a small plane over the Hudson River Saturday was captured by a tourist on a boat. See shocking new video below.
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WASHINGTON - The air traffic controller at Teterboro Airport was on the phone with his girlfriend during the mid-air collision over the Hudson River.

His supervisor had wandered off and wasn't even in the tower.

Horrified officials called their actions "unacceptable," even though they were not blamed for Saturday's crash.

Both controllers - who were not immediately identified - have been suspended and will likely be fired.

Crash probes by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration revealed the two controllers seriously deviated from their assignments at the time of the collision.

Nine people died when a single-engine Piper plane with three aboard clipped a Liberty Helicopters sightseeing chopper carrying a pilot and five Italian tourists. Both aircraft plummeted into the river.

The NTSB and FAA discovered the controller lapses by listening to audio recordings from the Teterboro tower.

"We learned that the controller handling the Piper flight was involved in apparently inappropriate conversations on the telephone at the time of the accident," FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said.

"We also learned that the supervisor was not present in the [tower] building as required.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/08/13/2009-08-13_air_traffic_controller__on_phone_with_girlfriend__an_supervisor_suspended_over_h.html#ixzz0OAI1XBSl

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Wilderness Woman
Watcher of the Wood

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Posted - August 14 2009 : 12:45:37 PM

Suspended??? Likely be fired??? I think they should both be charged with manslaughter, at the very least.

This is an outrage.

"It is more deeply stirring to my blood than any imaginings could possibly have been."

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blackfootblood
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USA

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Posted - August 14 2009 : 1:15:34 PM

It's the mere lack of common sense that affect these people. It reminds me of the train wreck in California when the engineer was texting his girlfriend and not paying attention to the fact that there was another train headed straight for them. Look how many either died or got seriously injured in that.