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Video of German drone taxiing into cargo plane

Übermittelt vor 10 Jahren

An exclusive (previously “secret”) video released by BildTV shows what happened at Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan on Mar. 17, 2010. (www.youtube.com) Mehr...

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joe milazzo vor 10 Jahren 7

Sooooooo there's no abort button? Once the pilot hits the takeoff button your committed? Sounds great, can't wait for the first unmanned passenger jet!!

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Torsten Hoff vor 10 Jahren 6

According to the narative, the incident was caused by human error. The drone pilot pressed a button that initiated the takeoff sequence. The cargo plane appears to be a German Transall.

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zennermd vor 10 Jahren 4

I was going to say...it looked like it was going a little fast to be taxiing.

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WillitRun vor 10 Jahren 5

D'oh!!

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joel wiley vor 10 Jahren 3

Drücken Sie nicht den großen roten Knopf. Du meinst, diese ein? Oops.

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Carl Spaeth vor 10 Jahren 4

Do not press the big red button. You mean this one? Oops.

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Bob Harrington vor 10 Jahren 2

"Thank you for pressing the self-destruct button!"

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ויקטור.b יצחק vor 10 Jahren 1

SAD TO SEE IT BUT IT HAPPENS

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shawn white vor 10 Jahren 1

Wish I could understand German...

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joel wiley vor 10 Jahren 2

My German is 40 years out of date. I cheated and plugged it into Google translate.

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Roland Dent vor 10 Jahren 1

Some of the biggest BS's I know are German. Of course a German machine can NEVER do anything wrong..NO NO...never..it had to be human error. Unless it has a TUV approval and a DIN label don't use it.

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Roland Dent vor 10 Jahren 1

To give you some idea of how Germany protects her image..the commentator tells us that "under no circumstances was this event to be made public" and that the video had been released by a whistleblower. So when you are driving around in your German made machinery just be aware that when it comes to fixing it you are gonna pay big $$$ by the dealer to have it fixed.

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JetMech24 vor 10 Jahren 3

As if you wouldn't pay big bucks to fix a Cadillac?

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Aaron Williamson vor 10 Jahren 1

Take a 2004 BMW 3 series to a mechanic for repairs, and then take a Catty of the same year with the same problems to the same mechanic for repairs and come back and tell me which one was more expensive.

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AV8RON6 vor 10 Jahren 1

You've got it all wrong! The drone was programmed to sniff out terrorists and attack. It sensed that the cargo a/c was transporting terrorists so it did what it was programmed to do.

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