Blown engine from LAS
Mar 19, 2007, 12:06 pm
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Blown engine from LAS
Just fyi:this was on the news this am, March 19, in Las Vegas. Just what US needed today, I'm sure.....
Plane Leaving McCarran Blows Engine
http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?s=6246257
Plane Leaving McCarran Blows Engine
http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?s=6246257
Mar 19, 2007, 12:37 pm
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" terror in the sky " - looks like someone just got out of Creative Writing 101.
Mar 19, 2007, 12:40 pm
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Surely, a graduate of any writing course would know that "None of the 150 passengers onboard was (not were) hurt."
Mar 19, 2007, 12:42 pm
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Those darn terrorists. They are at it again. No wait it was just an accident.
Can we use better words here people?
Passengers blown scared as engine blows out
anything with out the base word terror and airplane would be good.
Can we use better words here people?
Passengers blown scared as engine blows out
anything with out the base word terror and airplane would be good.
Mar 19, 2007, 12:47 pm
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Not to mention the timestamp is 10:44am. My schedule shows the first non-stop to MSP doesn't depart until 11:26am.
Mar 19, 2007, 1:05 pm
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Terror in the sky...I thought that was when you lost both engines at rotation! You gotta love the press and how it treats events in Aviation. I'm wondering if a fuel-dump occurred and how they'll handle that when they find out.
Not to mention the timestamp is 10:44am. My schedule shows the first non-stop to MSP doesn't depart until 11:26am.
Not to mention the timestamp is 10:44am. My schedule shows the first non-stop to MSP doesn't depart until 11:26am.
Mar 19, 2007, 1:17 pm
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Apparently it was the red eye. There is a more professionally written article here.
Mar 19, 2007, 1:18 pm
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I hope this story dies quickly. Glad that everyone is safe, but really, situations like this is why pilots are so highly trained and highly paid, and there's no reason to turn this into a media circus.
Mar 19, 2007, 2:04 pm
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Wow, the plane was 100% full. Can you believe that?
Mar 19, 2007, 2:25 pm
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Mar 19, 2007, 2:47 pm
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I hate the press. But I have no idea how they would be able to pass up this tasty story. It has two of the press's favorite things to hype: the word terror (they'll throw that out there when a ferret escapes from its cage at the local petstore) and weird stuff happening on airlines.
You forgot to mention our federal government. They love to hype that particular word as well.Oh, and there's nothing like snakes on a plane to get people worked up. In fact, they made a movie- er... quite a few movies about that one, actually.
We wouldn't, but these guys make it sooooooooo easy!
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Mar 19, 2007, 3:12 pm
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Turns out, the writer's use of "were" was probably correct. Yet your using "was" may be correct, too. How so? See: http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.co...26513/9903.htm
Mar 19, 2007, 4:20 pm
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Was there really an "exclusive video" of the aircraft landing safely and uneventfully? Or was there something that made the landing appear a little more newsworthy?
This sounds almost as exciting as "exclusive video" of a person walking into a dental office with a toothache.
This sounds almost as exciting as "exclusive video" of a person walking into a dental office with a toothache.