Do not read this during takeoff, landing, or in between
Yesterday's most shocking story was the news of two young commercial airline pilots who, ferrying an empty plane between depots, decided to "see what it could do." They ran the jet up to 41,000 feet - and the engines died. The pilots, aged 31 and 23, tried to glide to a landing but failed. They were killed in the crash; fortunately, no one else was.
Anyone who says "cool" has to go back to extended homeroom.
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Very, very sad. Sigh....
And on a totally self-centred level, this story makes me wish I was rich like former football coach John Madden, who found the perfect solution to his fear of flying: he bought himself a big-ass bus.
Posted by: patricia | June 15, 2005 03:53 PM