"As part of these events, the airline had also planned an aircraft flyover, a meaningful gesture to honor the memory of those lost within the pilot community, but will suspend those plans due to concerns in the community and instead carry on with the other events of the day," spokesperson Russell Carlton said in an email.
Before the cancellation, the City of Denver was warning emergency dispatchers, first responders and the public not to panic at the sight of the planned commemoration.
32 Comments
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 104 pts · 23h
wtf are they smoking at united lmao
are they planning a re-enactment for next year?
bampop@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 21h
Why do a flyover when you can do a flyinto?
eager_eagle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 19h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWeMWD-Yagg
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 21h
probably 2 planes, with muslims as the "pilots", and the same amount of people as the other 2.
impudentmortal@lemmy.world · 85 pts · 23h
How did this get approved? You'd think someone in the chain would say maybe a flyover for 9/11 is a bad idea.
This is on par with commemorating burn victims with a pyrotechnics show.
KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 13h
Karen Carpenter Memorial Buffet
Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 14h
Just slightly out of touch jfc
Aeao@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 22h
Ignoring how inappropriate it is, it’s still a boring thing to see.
“Hey want to go outside and watch a regular ass plane fly across the sky?”
BigBenis@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13h
You see it as a boring plane. They see it as a giant flying billboard.
acchariya@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 12h
They could do a low pass over downtown to make it more interesting
Almacca@aussie.zone · 38 pts · 21h
I'm gonna play a game of Jenga in memorial.
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 22 pts · 1d
Lol
BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 22h
LMFAO even.
ech@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 23h
Who the fuck ever thought that was a remotely appropriate idea? Fucking idiots.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 18 pts · 23h
Side note, why on earth are they doing their 9/11 reenactment in Denver?
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 22h
Headquartered there, I think.Still fucking stupid though.j/k they're headquartered in Chicago lol
Spur4383@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 14h
So… you are not aware of the airport’s basement.
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 13h
United is also helping to transport war materials to Israel on commercial flights
https://theintercept.com/2026/09/09/united-airlines-flights-israel-weapons-hardware-transport/
TimboSlice@discuss.online · 3 pts · 13h
What the fuck!?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 20h
If you think that's bad, you should hear the original plan for how they were going to conclude the event.
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 13h
It would be a hit….. 😎
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 13h
What a stupid idea. What next, they delay controlled demolition of a couple of buildings until 9/11 as a tribute?
ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 21h
rofl
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 22h
Okay...so what would the fighter jets do?
Like...let's say they did this.
This 2 jets are escorting the plane, but stay with me now, some radical on the planes highjack the plane. Now it's flying towards ground zero... Are the fighters gonna blow it up and the folks on board?
Ya that would be fucking amazing to see on such a tragic day. Fucking dumb.
And I know maybe I'm dumb and don't get why they're escorting it. But the bad guys who would do something aren't gonna be coming in with their own jets to get into a dogfight. They'll be regular looking dude with a pocket knife or a bomb strapped to his chest or some shit.
northernlights@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 12h
Even if they shoot it down... they'd be shooting it down over the city lol
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 12h
We call those freedom fragments.
They say if you stick your tongue out and wait for freedom fragments to land, you'll never have to worry about a medical bill again!
TimboSlice@discuss.online · 4 pts · 13h
I wonder the salary of the person who came up with this idea.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 3 pts · 17h
Site doesn't load
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 13h
It is probably geoblocked
webp@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 19h
Why does the link redirect to youtube?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 13h
The onion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpN_RjIaVw8
This idea is weirdly similar
Malica@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 12h
JLD what the fuck gif....