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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 10:21 am
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
Here is a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_173

To say that "the airplane could not be reused" is a bit of an understatement. It crashed, not at the airport. 10 died
If you think that wording was something, the annual report for Eastern Air Lines (for the year during which they lost their L-1011 in the Everglades) reportedly referred to the proceeds from the hull insuror as having resulted "from the involuntary conversion of the asset." I never saw that with ny own eyeballs (so it could be aviation urban knowledge), but if true, that's some interesting word-smithing to say the least...
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