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To: Morgana

Who writes this stuff — “a wing clipped a flight”?.

No, a wing of a United plane clipped part of an American Airlines plane. Probably the wing.


6 posted on 05/25/2017 4:18:24 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

Runway incursion.


8 posted on 05/25/2017 4:26:18 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

United flight 898 was taxiing from Gate 19 to the runway for its flight to Austin


United 898 was flying from Austin to Austin?


9 posted on 05/25/2017 4:27:54 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Flash Bazbeaux
It was a wing clipping a wing.

 

I doubt if they even scraped the paint off either wing.

The sad part is - I heard passengers on both planes were stuck and could not return to the gate for several hours while officials from both airlines pointed fingers at each other and waited for the FAA.

12 posted on 05/25/2017 4:31:17 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

The article said the wing clipped the tail of AA.

Dinging your, and another multi-million dollar aircraft, full of passengers on the ground, is not a resumé enhancer.


17 posted on 05/25/2017 4:33:42 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Flash Bazbeaux; Campion

Apparently, reporters these days do not believe in proofreading and think that posting their rough drafts is just fine.


34 posted on 05/25/2017 5:18:41 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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