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Crocodile on plane kills 19 passengers
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| October 22, 2010
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Posted on 10/22/2010 2:10:55 PM PDT by PilotDave
A STOWAWAY crocodile on a flight escaped from its carrier bag and sparked an onboard stampede that caused the flight to crash, killing 19 passengers and crew. The croc had been hidden in a passenger's sports bag - allegedly with plans to sell it - but it tore loose and ran amok, sparking panic.
A stampede of terrified passengers caused the small aircraft to lose balance and tip over in mid-air during an internal flight in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The unbalanced load caused the aircraft, on a routine flight from the capital, Kinshasa, to the regional airport at Bandundu, to go into a spin and crash into a house. A lone survivor from the Let 410 plane told the astonishing tale to investigators. Ironically the crocodile also survived the crash but was later killed with a machete by rescuers sifting through the wreckage.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: airplane; chat; croc; napl
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To: RichInOC
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posted on
10/22/2010 8:02:45 PM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
To: Slings and Arrows
Note to self: No smuggling crocodiles on planes.
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posted on
10/22/2010 8:19:16 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: PilotDave
Is the crocodile a terrorist?
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posted on
10/22/2010 10:31:18 PM PDT
by
Ptarmigan
(God Hates Bunnies.)
To: PilotDave
Is the crocodile a terrorist?
44
posted on
10/22/2010 10:31:25 PM PDT
by
Ptarmigan
(God Hates Bunnies.)
To: TheOldLady
Man, I hate to be the bearer of bad news.
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posted on
10/23/2010 3:04:12 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
What? Oh noez! It’s too late. We’re doomed.
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posted on
10/23/2010 6:13:44 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/23/2010 7:41:19 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
To: Darksheare
48
posted on
10/23/2010 10:32:31 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Ptarmigan
"Is the crocodile a terrorist?" Well, you decide. He ran those poor, innocent people to ground. Chased 'em all the way to the scene of the crash.
I'm bound for hell now, ain't I?
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posted on
10/24/2010 8:36:21 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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