V-Flyer

Does this ring some warning bells?
Pilot's gun discharges on US Airways flight

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They are not giving much away in terms of how the gun came to be discharged, it could have been more serious, if the bullet had hit someone, the pilot for example or if it had cause a breach in the cockpit or damaged key instrumentation or controls.

The fact that some pilots are in the federal program and consequently carry firearms has been public knowledge for some time - guess it was only a matter of time before something like this happened, after all with the cops and the military this is an occupational hazard.

Whilst stretching to reach the chart holder, the pilot's spurs caught the clasp of the gun case which spilled open. As the gun fell out, the first officers trusty steed, which was teathered to the jump seat, stretched his aching hooves. The gun caught Silver's front right hoof and was launched against the Captains seat back where the weapon discharged, scaring the bejesus out of all on the flightdeck. Silver left a horse shaped hole in the flightdeck door as it bolted to the aft Lav, taking the jumpseat assembly with him.

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