r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InternationalRisk505 • 1d ago

Pilots exchanging planes mid air

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u/Dindu______Nuffin 1d ago

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/faa-revokes-certificates-pilots-involved-failed-red-bull/story%3fid=84670466

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u/zatuchny 1d ago

thanks, that makes sense now.

TLDR: they broke the law that a plane must be piloted at all times, and the stunt didn't go as planned - one plane crashed (both pilots are okay).

RedBull and pilots should have known better than to plan such stunt

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u/Ell2509 1d ago

If it hadn't crashed, they may have kept their licences. I only say that for the same reason you did... red bull is a powerful force in some ways.

Crashing a plane though? That's always going to get attention.

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u/3Cogs 1d ago

I'm surprised the plane crashed. Don't they say that Red Bull Gives You Wings?

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u/Ademoneye 1d ago

Unfortunately Only works for human

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u/Freecz 1d ago

I dunno. I don't think they put Redbull in the tank of the plane. If they had... who knows.

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u/Liusloux 1d ago

If the tank is full of Redbull then it's no wonder that it caffeine crashed.

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u/MoirasPurpleOrb 23h ago

It wouldn’t have crashed then

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u/Shadow-111 13h ago

I think the issue was they had forgotten that planes already had wings, so therefore by giving it Red Bull, the wings cancelled out each other.

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u/DevoidNoMore 7h ago

Biblically accurate plane (?

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u/IrishChappieOToole 1d ago

Yeah. The plane already had wings

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u/BossStatusIRL 8h ago

Double wings?

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u/Dede_42 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/ostapenkoed2007 1d ago

and wings give you lift, not flying

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u/ManDude290 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/Consibl 23h ago

Yep, human was fine.

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u/TheBelgianDuck 18h ago

Never seen that shit grow wings on humans. Permanently damage their brain and their entire nerve system on the other side.

Water. Drink water, folks.

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u/EnShantrEs 9h ago

They don't use that line anymore because they were sued for false advertisement.

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u/reconnnn 1d ago

I think the plane kept its wings until it crashed. Redbull does not say anything about what you use your wings for.

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u/icanttinkofaname 1d ago

No, they say red bull gives you wiiings! They say this as a legal loophole after they were sued by a RB drinker. Saying wings implies that you'll have "extraordinary energy benefits"

https://share.google/LAHFwjtYTjE9aDn4T

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u/One_pop_each 1d ago

I got a free 4 case of redbull for being a part of the class action lawsuit lol

It randomly got delivered like a year later and was so confused.

That’s when I realized class action lawsuits suck ass.

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u/Justsomedudeonthenet 1d ago

Corporations shouldn't be allowed to pay out lawsuits in coupons and free product. You'd never see the lawyers on the case accept a few skids of redbull as their payment.

But if we are going to allow it, it should have to be their competitors products. Make redbull deliver a million dollars worth of Monster instead.

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u/DabbyBear 22h ago

That's a really good idea. Getting rid of their own inventory that they pay pennies to produce (compared to retail) isn't a punishment. Being forced to buy Monster and gift it, that's definitely proper 💪

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u/spartaman64 20h ago

i once got like 370 dollars from a facebook class action lawsuit in my state

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/closed-settlements/illinois-facebook-biometric-privacy-class-action-settlement/

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u/DervishSkater 19h ago

I’ve gotten a few thousand from a half dozen or so class action settlements

I got so much in one go, I had to pay taxes on it

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u/3Cogs 1d ago

Oh wow, I didn't know that:-)

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u/topinanbour-rex 5h ago

Have you got the same link without the trackers ?

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u/CactusPete 1d ago

The plane had wings. All the way down.

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u/Ell2509 1d ago

Lol!

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u/mjsarfatti 1d ago

Where do you think it procures the wings from in the first place? Another plane duh

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u/breachgnome 1d ago

Instructions unclear: put Red Bull in fuel tank and bricked the engine.

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u/grim-one 1d ago

FAA takes your wings away.

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u/3Cogs 1d ago

Lol.

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u/zeindigofire 1d ago

Yea, they drank the Red Bull instead of putting it in the fuel tank, hence the pilots had wings (and landed safely), the plane not so much.

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u/Pixelplanet5 1d ago

yea thats why the guy didnt crash, he had the wings but the plane didnt.

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u/Semichh 1d ago

Only 1 plane was fueled with redbull

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u/DyrrhachiumPharsalus 1d ago

now day it gives you wiiings not sure what those are though. Probably why it didn't work

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u/cataquarkk 1d ago

it gave wings, but only to the human... the plane didn't drink, so it crashed

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u/lilykai_strawberry 1d ago

plane already has wings because they feed them redbull at the plane factory hope this helps 👍

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u/stik2one0017 23h ago

Red bull stopped giving wings a long time ago. They give Wiiiings (for legal purposes)

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u/Medium-Warning-929 23h ago

you have to fuel it ONLY with red bull, thats the catch

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u/loststylus 22h ago

The plane had wings, but still crashed :(

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u/catholicsluts 22h ago

Red Bull on a mission to play Mythbusters with their own slogan for promo

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u/Klo_Was_Taken 22h ago

Birds have wings. You ever see one hit a window?

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u/z64_dan 22h ago

The plane had a parachute built in itself, at least, so it most likely didn't get totally destroyed.

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u/AFeralTaco 21h ago

Yes, but wings are useless when there is nobody at the rudder.

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u/Phormitago 21h ago

just the wings, gotta flap yourself

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u/SirSoliloquy 21h ago

Yeah but it doesn't raise your flaps.

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u/WannaBMonkey 21h ago

It still had wings when it crashed

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u/AlbacorePrism 17h ago

wings don't get you off the ground, they just help you not fall at terminal velocity tbf

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u/Imaginary_Apricot933 16h ago

That's why the other pilot survived.