Teenagers Put Stone in Governor Plane's Engine

Pravda.ru ^ | 06/06/2003 | translated by Dmitry Sudakov

[dighton]

Children said that they wanted to see, if the plane was solid

Six teenagers put a stone in the engine of governor Boris Govorin's plane. The children have been recently detained in the town of Kazachinsky, the Irkutsk region of Siberia. The teenagers acknowledged that they had thrown stones in the governor's plane to test its solidity, and then decided to put a stone in its engine, the Federal Security Bureau department in the Irkutsk region said.

Irkutsk regional governor Boris Govorin, spokespeople for the governor's administration, Alexander Rossov, the chairman of the regional Internal Ministry department, and other officials arrived in the town of Kazachinsky on board the plane An-24. They were supposed to spend a night in the town and then fly to the town of Bodaybo.

However, it became known in the morning that someone of local residents had thrown stones in the plane, and damaged the cockpit. In addition to it, malefactors removed the seal of one of the engines of the plane and put a stone inside. The incident happened late at night, when a police officer left his post. 

A group of FSB agents arrived in Kazachinsky to investigate the incident. The governor's plane was examined for the purpose of finding a bomb, but an explosive device was not found. The Baikal TV channel reported that the police officer had already been fired. Yet, other news sources said that the officer had been temporarily dismissed from his position of the regional police department chairman. Governor and delegation members boarded another An-24 plane and left for Bodaybo, being ten hours late.

[DPB101]

Those whacky Ruskies. What will they think of next?

[Drango]

That's what Repubicans did with Wellstone's plane.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Can't these kids just do something harmless like firing objects out of a potato gun?

[clamper1797]

I wonder if we could get those kids to come out to California ...

[dead]

had thrown stones in the governor's plane to test its solidity

Potential Sosa Cork-Excuse #14!

[SquirrelKing]

...potato gun

Alas - potato guns dont injure people, frogs injure people. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894627/posts.

PS: Don't blame me, I voted for Governor Plane.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Talk about a stoney end, I never wanted to go...cradle me, mama cradle me again, ooo...

[boris]

"Everybody must get stoned"--Bob Dylan

[joesnuffy]

budding engineers....naturals in destructive testing...
terrorist defense...we were just trying to see how tough that _______ was

[dighton]

PS: Don't blame me, I voted for Governor Plane.

Blame me for not double-checking before posting. The original is "Governor's."

[illumini]

AN-24, -what a heap!

[AdA$tra]

[robertpaulsen]

One of the "teens" caught in the act:

[illumini]

Nice photo. Good plane actually, but old and -can't that governor afford to operate a Lear Jet?

[AdA$tra]

There must be a ton of those operating. I found this on an American cariiers site. I doubt a Lear has even been to the Irkutsk region of Siberia....LOL!

[illumini]

That governor must be a second-class thief! LOL