Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5xx036p4vo

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raidhse_abundance@lemm.ee · 131 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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whostosay@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Alright mister

Rhaedas@fedia.io · 109 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The penguin is okay, that's the only thing important here.

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y

First thing I checked the article for.

modifier@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y

And that’s why I came here before potentially seeing something that would make me sad in the article.

huppakee@lemm.ee · 64 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Should have tariffed him better

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 1y

Apparently the penguin wanted a say in whether or not it was being deported

andybytes@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y

The birds are fighting back

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 34 pts · 1y

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Lembot_0001@lemm.ee · 30 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y

match@pawb.social · 5 pts · 1y

-- TAKE ELON BACK RIGHT NOW, MOTHERFUCKERS

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 1y (1 reply)

See, penguins were never meant to fly

sundray@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 1y

And he was drunk!

pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y

1000052166

InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y

The penguin, which had been placed in the box and on the lap of a passenger, slid off and knocked the pilot's controls just after take-off from **Bird Island **

take-off from **Bird Island **

andybytes@programming.dev · 17 pts · 1y

The authority said that "the lack of secure containment for the penguin" was responsible for creating the "dangerous situation".Hahaha

Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I'm going to be a pedant, and point out it was an unsecured box, with a penguin in it, which knocked the controls.

Glitterbomb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Weird way to say the on-board computer is Linux based, but ok. Link to the CVE?

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 1y

It was just shitty drivers.

SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

(CVE-2016-5195)

Bernadette@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 1y

Yeah but unsecured box doesn't generate clicks

snuggledick@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yeah but would the box have slipped without the penguin in it? We need more penguin box experiments I think.

D_C@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Could this be a Schroedinger's penguin situation?

spizzat2@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
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Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Is it bad that my immediate thought was "Is the penguin okay?"

Nasan@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y

If it is bad, I don't wanna be good. Poor penguin

adarza@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y

"Ooh, look, a button!"

"Huh? Private, don't!!!"

thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

they were probably trying to steal the penguin... so they got what they deserve

Ledericas@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

in a box for pets, rather than proper cage conservationist use, definitely stealing it.

PacMan@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

And Grounded Linux was born on this day

Alpha71@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

THIS is why america tariffed them!

dontbelasagne@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Feathers mcgraw strikes again

MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Squorlple@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 1y

it's because franklin sherman wasn't there to point out the plotholes

https://youtu.be/3ENLigFHadY