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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash

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278 points Michelangelo11 | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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m000 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:02 UTC] No.45038490[source]▶
This is wild. You can't get away from these zoom calls even as an F-35 pilot.
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mbirth ◴[27 Aug 25 12:05 UTC] No.45038510[source]▶
I bet, once the gear malfunctioned, Clippy popped up on the screen and suggested to call support.
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1. m000 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:40 UTC] No.45038835[source]▶
At least it wasn't Bonzi Buddy telling jokes to lighten up the mood.
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2. Rooster61 ◴[27 Aug 25 13:51 UTC] No.45039669[source]▶
That might explain why the computer thought it was on the ground while it was flying