Sorry Dave.
You know it is possible to turn off graphics on your browser... really speeds up load time for dialup.
US passenger jet makes safe emergency landing in Los Angeles --- 11 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050922/ts_alt_afp/usairplaneland_050922012523;_ylt=AoArBOhOVYDdZ9aH8v6U9FsFO7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A US airliner with 146 passengers and crew on board made a dramatic but safe emergency landing in a hail of sparks at Los Angeles airport, even though its nose wheels were locked wildly out of alignment.
The JetBlue Airways Airbus had earlier circled low over Long Beach airport to allow officials to take stock of the damage to its landing gear, which was twisted 90 degrees out of kilter, before it attempts a possibly dangerous landing, television pictures showed.
Scores of emergency services and fire engines were on standby on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport for the emergency landing of the Airbus A-320 that took off from nearby Burbank airport at 3:17 pm (2217 GMT) bound for New York's John F. Kennedy airport.
The jetliner, which can carry up to 156 passengers, was diverted back to the Los Angeles area shortly after setting out on its 5,000 kilometer (3,000 mile) transcontinental journey, airline officials said.
"After take off the pilot reported a landing gear indication light and as a precaution decided to return," JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin told AFP.
Sure it's possible to turn off graphics, but that's not the point. Large, very long loading, comic, irrelevant pictures are not needed or appropriate on a breaking news thread, and most here know that.
What got me REALLY steamed up was the shower picture that locked up my computer just as the plane landed.
Just as the landing gear is cooling down so will I as soon as I go out and walk the dog.