[martin_fierro]

George Pilkington, an eye witness to the crash, said he was the plane flying low, with its nose up and tail down, ejecting fuel -- which struck him as unusual.

What ever happened to editors?

[The_Reader_David]

What ever happened to editors?

They got lazy and assume that if text passes MSWord's spelling and grammar check, the spelling and usage is correct.

(I note with amusement the irony of your replacing whatever with "what ever" in your complaint.)

[freedumb2003]

>>George Pilkington, an eye witness to the crash, said he was the plane flying low<<

Hey, it passed spell check!

Seriously, I hope no one on the ground was hurt. Those planes are bigger than people realize.

[listenhillary]

Not to make like of the story at all. Prayers up.

I think I’ve been there and done this - “with its nose up and tail down, ejecting fuel”

[af_vet_rr]

>> George Pilkington, an eye witness to the crash, said he was the plane flying low, with its nose up and tail down, ejecting fuel -- which struck him as unusual.

What ever happened to editors?

Well it's an actual eyewitness account. The problem is that George Pilkington is a meth addict who really believed he was the plane, which, in his words, "struck him as unusual".

[Dr. Sivana]

George Pilkington, an eye witness to the crash, said he was the plane flying low,[ . . . ]

What ever happened to editors?

Blame George H.W. Bush and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Dyslexics now get to be writers and editors.

[Tax-chick]

He was the plane. Gotta love that ...

[Erik Latranyi]

What ever happened to editors?

Just be thankful they didn't alter the quote to this:

George Pilkington, an eye witness to the crash, said the pilot was black -- which struck him as unusual.