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Hole found in plane that took off from Miami
AP/YahooNews ^
| 10/29/10
| DAVID KOENIG
Posted on 10/29/2010 10:22:52 AM PDT by Kartographer
A 1-foot-by-2-foot hole tore open in the fuselage of a commercial airliner that suddenly lost cabin pressure shortly after taking off from Miami, authorities said.
A man aboard American Airlines Flight 1640 said passengers panicked when the Boston-bound flight lost cabin pressure Tuesday night.
"It was pretty chaotic and confusing. It just was kind of surreal. We kind of looked at each other when the masks came from the ceiling and thought this is it," said Edward Croce, 34, of Braintree, Mass.
Croce tried to send a goodbye text message to his son back home, but his hands were shaking uncontrollably.
The crew declared an emergency, and the pilot returned the plane safely to Miami. The Boeing 757 carried 154 passengers and six crew members.
"We were shaken up and everyone was in shock," Croce said, who said the airline didn't provide medical attention for passengers once they were on the ground.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said Friday that an inspection of the plane revealed a hole in the upper part of the fuselage near a cabin door toward the front of the plane.
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To: Red Badger
If coverage/signal is iffy/intermittent - send a text - it just takes a second of good signal to go through whereas a voice connection has lots more requirements to get through ... just so you know ... ;-)
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posted on
10/29/2010 10:47:14 AM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here ;-)
To: Kartographer
Here is a photo of the hole:
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posted on
10/29/2010 10:50:00 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
To: Kartographer
But I thought we were supposed to keep our cell phones off while in flight as it might interrupt radio traffic in the cockpit? {;-}
To: eastforker
Whatever caused it, it would almost certainly sound like what most people would describe as an explosion.
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posted on
10/29/2010 10:59:27 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: Kartographer
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action." -- Ian Fleming
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posted on
10/29/2010 11:02:38 AM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: agere_contra
You’re thinking of the one that landed at Honolulu, Hawaii. Only one stewardess was lost.
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posted on
10/29/2010 11:09:53 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
To: bolobaby
c) And everybody assuming crash positions....
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posted on
10/29/2010 11:22:43 AM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
To: Kartographer
If it was on the "upper part of the fuselage" near a door, how in tarnation could anyone on the ground miss it prior to departure?
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posted on
10/29/2010 11:23:08 AM PDT
by
Lexinom
To: Jeff Chandler
“Here’s the hole!”......I love Free Republic!!!....L.O.L.!
To: Kartographer
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Benny Hill once stated this philosphy:
“They say that the chances of someone putting a bomb on my plane are about one in a million. They also say that the chances of there being two bombs on my plane are a one in a trillion. So to be safe, I always try to carry a bomb onto my plane.”
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posted on
10/29/2010 11:28:08 AM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
To: Erasmus
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posted on
10/29/2010 11:43:41 AM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Jeff Chandler
That looks pretty ugly! I’d have a proctologist look at that as soon as I could if I was you.
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posted on
10/29/2010 12:30:59 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Dr. Eckleburg
shoe bomb, where’s the big Sis person
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posted on
10/29/2010 12:40:56 PM PDT
by
1000 silverlings
(everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
To: Jeff Chandler
That's an old foto. DNose has had some nicely subtle plastic surgery to his leading feature.
No More Jimmy Durante shtick for him!
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posted on
10/29/2010 12:51:25 PM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Photo ID, Poll Tax, Literacy Test. Picture. Pay. Pass. Then vote.)
To: Jeff Chandler
ROFL - seriously rolling!!!!
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posted on
10/29/2010 12:59:00 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We need Comprehensive Congress Reform!)
To: Ramius
That’s what we get for outlawing smoking on commercial flights. Tobacco smoke was an excellent leak detector as it stained the outer surface of the fuselage.
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posted on
10/29/2010 1:05:31 PM PDT
by
skookum55
("We can give up on America or we can give up on this president ...." D. D'Souza)
To: Kartographer
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
10/29/2010 1:16:05 PM PDT
by
The Comedian
(Let's see who can punch the softest. You go first.)
To: skookum55
Airline maintenance engineers have said that for years. The nicotine would stain all the weak points making them much easier to see AND repair.
There for I could say that smoking can save lives.
;)
To: jellybean
On my phone, it has text message templates. I’ve got “I love you” as one of them. It saves time.
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posted on
10/29/2010 1:18:54 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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