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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 2:10 am
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Originally Posted by harperb
Luckily after about an hour of circling around dumping fuel over the beautiful chinese countryside, we landed safely....
Technically, the Chinese countryside should have been safe, since fuel vaporizes well before it can hit the ground and any passers-by.
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