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MUCH EASYIER if they had a person drop off the helicopter on the moving train than do all this?

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That train is moving way faster than a helicopter could. It was unsafe speeds. They would also need a long stretch where there was no trees, tunnels or anything in the way. It wasn't that easy for a helicopter to comfortably go at that speed and drop someone down on it. Not only that but they'd probably have to drop a rail worker who knew how to stop it.

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They attempted to do that by putting another train infront of 777 and slowing it down. Then having an ex marine who works as a conductor be lowered down from a chopper. It didn't work as he was sent flying back into the second engine.

"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"

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Yea you're right, I remembered that after I posted. For some reason I always forget that part.

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Your welcome

"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"

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It didn't work as he was sent flying back into the second engine.

Whuch made no sense. He would only have been sent flying back along the train if the train had suddenly accelerated, but it didn't: it hppened when the braking engine in front of it banged into it to slow it down. If anything, he should have been thrown forward.

And speaking of the braking engine: it had a rear deck, and the runaway had a front deck; when they were pushed together, the two decks were less than two feet apart. Why didn't they put someone on the rear of the braking engine and have him swing across the handrails onto the deck of the runaway, and simply stop the thing? It would have been a lot less risky than being lowered onto the thing by helicopter, or jumping from six feet away from the bed of a maintenance truck. (I know, it wasn't the kind of movie to do thngs logically.)



You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

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Well you are right there

"Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions"

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That train is moving way faster than a helicopter could.
whaat?
"It was unsafe speeds."
if they are at the same speed, the net difference for the marine guy is 0 mph
"They would also need a long stretch where there was no trees, tunnels or anything in the way."
they had that in spades.
"It wasn't that easy for a helicopter "
well the news copter seemes to be glued to the locomotive side window the whole film!
"they'd probably have to drop a rail worker who knew how to stop it."
how hard can it be? especially with an advisor on the radio.

You didnt really believe your own bullshit there did you? just wanted to counter the other guys post?

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So they put a train in front of 777 to slow it down, did no one think about getting on 777 simply stepping of the back of the train in front of 777 instead of trying to climb on 777 using a helicopter and a long rope? If the guy wouldt have pulled the brake like an idiot, the trains would have aligned nicely

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"MUCH EASYIER if they had a person drop off the helicopter on the moving train than do all this?"

wtf does that mean? they did have a person drop off a helicopter. stupid tho it was.
or did you men directly off the chopper not on a rope? yes that would be easier.
not as easy as the guy in the train in front just strolling round , hopping on the train and shutting it down though.

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