Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight

Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight

www.wcnc.com

A gun carried by a US Airways pilot accidentally discharged during a flight from Denver to Charlotte Saturday, according to a statement released by the airline.

The statement said the discharge happened on Flight 1536, which left Denver at approximately 6:45 a.m. and arrived in Charlotte at approximately 11:51 a.m.

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Guess this will get the debate about guns and aircraft going again. It is a bit scary that it did happen, but one event of this type considering the number of flights is quite small. But then, is even one too many?

I think I would rather have armed pilots versus unarmed ones.

Edit:

No details of damage but then if it was severe I suppose we would of heard of a n airplane with problems in the air instead.

www.wcnc.com
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[edit on 3/24/2008 by roadgravel]

Started a thread on this earlier today and they moved to general discussion for some reason. Along with a couple of other threads I started.

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[edit on 24-3-2008 by JBA2848]

Thanks, guess this one should just be deleted then.......