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Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Two cave divers died in a cave in northern Norway last year. A team of 4, number 3 got stuck in a passage like that on the return trip. Number one and two didn't have gas or bottom time to stay and help, so the stuck guy and the guy behind him just had to sit there untill their gas ran out. What a way to go.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2015 00:20

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 09:45

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

ABC News posted:

A Delta Air Lines flight heading from Minneapolis to Las Vegas was forced to make an emergency landing today after the pilot was locked out of the cockpit, airport officials said.

The call about Flight 1651 came in around 12:10 p.m. and the plane landed safely at McCarran International Airport around 12:25 p.m., officials told ABC affiliate KTNV.

The cockpit door malfunctioned, locking the pilot out of the cockpit, airport officials told KTNV, noting that the first officer made the landing.

"About half way through [the 2.5-hour flight] there seemed to be some talking at the front of the plane. You could see the captain out there," passenger Jesse Dougherty told ABC News. "There wasn't a huge panic but some confusion."

The captain explained to the passengers that the door was jammed and he couldn't get back in, Dougherty said, adding: "It was very, very bizarre."

When the first officer made the landing "perfectly," the passengers broke out into spontaneous applause, Dougherty said.

Because the first officer was accustomed to the controls on the right seat of the cockpit, he remained there, the crew explained to passengers. That meant the only issue was a lack of taxiing controls once on the ground, necessitating a tow from the runway to the gate, Dougherty said.

No one was injured and there were 168 people on board the plane, officials said.

The source of the jammed door was a piece of string that was found near the door by the maintenance crew, passenger Jonathan Thalacker told ABC News.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2015 23:57

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Where not to start excavating when the ground is saturated with water.
Bridge in southern Norway started collapsing when a mudslide moved the foundations during rush hour today. The bridge was full of cars at the time.
The earthmover in the bottom of the pic may be the cause.

This'll be a pain, traffic will have to be diverted for months.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 01:47

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Haruharuharuko posted:

"Hey we need this table"
"But I'ts holding up"
"Taking it!"

Hospital. Has to be. Classic health care worker approach to IT.
(Yes, I work in hospital IT.)

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 11:37

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Jabor posted:

It's wired up to a monitor and/or projector elsewhere in the room, usually.

Or another room. Like in an operating room where as much as possible must be sterile it's nice to have such hard-to-clean dust traps outside, typically with just a touchscreen in the OR itself, often with disposable foil wrapping.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 14:52

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Carbon dioxide posted:

Now you also know why these things need to be built on the equator: that's where the surface rotation is the fastest.

Also the equator is the only place you can actually have a geostationary endpoint rendering any other placement moot regardless of any benefits or drawbacks...

# ¿ Apr 18, 2015 11:34

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Carbon dioxide posted:

Yes, but this vid has been renamed to say the elevator 'skyrockets down' while it clearly goes up.

Yeah, the fact that a failing elevator commonly goes up seems to be really hard to grasp for a lot of people.

Elevators have a counterweight that equals the empty carriage plus 50% of the rated weight. So if the breaks and engine fail a nearly empty carriage will go up fast, but a full one will drop.

# ¿ May 6, 2015 18:10

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Dillbag posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzABU5LnjE

The last few seconds has the tow truck driver going:
"What the gently caress happened? [why] The gently caress did he do that? We have to get down there!", so I take it it was the driver of the towed semi that done hosed up.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2015 13:23

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

A friend of a friend shared this on facebook. Supposedly from a passenger ferry.
Investigations are ongoing as to why there's an e-stop in the toilet.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2015 09:24

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

Mokotow posted:

It's for handicapped people who might find it hard to get off the toilet in difficult weather and would want to signal for help. What's strange about it?

Possible, though I've never seen a call for attention button quite like that before (nor a ferry toilet with a call for attention button at all).
The only other reasonable explanation is that it's a means to close the intake seacock or something.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2015 22:00

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 09:45

Caconym: Feb 12, 2013

ol qwerty bastard posted:

A bunch of people getting run over by a monster truck is a great public spectacle; of course C.M.O.T. Dibbler is going to be there to sell to the crowd.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2015 22:22

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