Cenk Uygur
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Fox Host Cites Metric System As Possible Cause Of Missing Plane
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December 30, 2014
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2:36Now Playing“Fox News host Anna Kooiman speculated on Sunday that an AirAsia flight could have gone missing because international pilots were trained using the metric system.
During breaking coverage of missing Flight QZ8501, Kooiman asked former FAA spokesperson Scott Brenner if the “real reason” the plane had disappeared was because of the “different way other countries train their pilots.”
“Even when we think about temperature, it’s Fahrenheit or Celsius,” she pointed out. “It’s kilometers or miles. You know, everything about their training could be similar, but different.”
Brenner, however, said that the major difference between international pilots and U.S. pilots was the reliance on automatic pilot."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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AirAsia Plane Missing, NYPD, Obama's "Mission Accomplished" - The Young Turks 12/29/2014 News & Politics
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