Joe Sharkey on Legacy Plane that hit Brazilian Airliner
Just read this news story that Joe Sharkey was on the private jet that hit the airliner.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060930/..._plane_missing |
Originally Posted by rstidolph
Just read this news story that Joe Sharkey was on the private jet that hit the airliner.
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Wow, bizarre. His NY Times columns are absolutely dreadful, but I'm glad he didn't die...
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Originally Posted by mbstone
What the hell kind of journo survives a midair and doesn't even file.
One who agreed to give content control to a third party before getting on the plane? Who knows? |
I'm glad the guy is unhurt -- as far as we know his drink didn't even get spilled -- but Great Caesar's Ghost, can't you imagine some stereotypical newspaper editor screaming into the phone, steam coming out of both his ears, demanding to know why the reporter hadn't filed yet?
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The Embraer landed at a Brazilian air force base. Perhaps he didn't have a way to get a full story out. If his cell phone didn't get a signal, he was limited to using Brazilian military communication channels.
Have the people from that plane been transferred to a civilian location yet? |
It would seem that he at least has access to email:
A reporter for the New York Times, Joe Sharkey, was one of seven people aboard the small plane, all of whom were "OK, but shaken," according to an e-mail message Sharkey sent to his wife, Nancy, an editor at the paper. |
What are the odds that someone qualified to comment on a mid-air accident actually survives it?
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Originally Posted by FlyingToFly
Wow, take a look at the comments that have been made on his blog. Lots of hostility there...
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Although this is a very sad situation, my first though when I saw the story was "The larger (Boeing 737) crashed, and not the smaller (Embraer) plane?" There goes the theory of "it's better to take a bigger plane". Looking forward to hearing the news as it comes.
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Sharkey files
Joe Sharkey has written an article. It can be found here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/bu...ss&oref=slogin |
The NYTimes article he wrote is certainly interesting. Gosh, what are the odds that the NYTimes biz travel columnist would be in a small jet over the Amazon that struck a 737? A billion to one? I'm glad he's OK. And, fwiw, imho Sharkey is a much-better-than-average travel writer.
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Thanks for posting this, as I surely would not have ran across it on my own. ^
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