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This is why you should never, ever ask,
What else could go wrong?

My favorite part:

Date: 2006-08-29 06:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildnsquirrelly.livejournal.com
"Ironically, the mechanics sent from Winnipeg Airport in a van ran out of fuel on their way to Gimli and found themselves stranded."

Who the hell let the McKenzie brothers in charge of fueling the Aircraft?!? I bet they're not telling anyone to "Take off, eh?" anymore.

Re: My favorite part:

Date: 2006-08-29 07:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kittenpants.livejournal.com
My favorite bit was this one: "...the right side engine stopped and the 767 lost all power leaving the cockpit suddenly silent and allowing the cockpit voice recorder to easily pick out the words 'Oh, fuck!'."

Date: 2006-08-29 12:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] diermuid.livejournal.com
I recall a Martian lander plummeted into the soil HARD a few years back because of a similar situation with newton-meters and inch-pounds. The numbers came from a contractor. Doh!

Date: 2006-08-29 01:12 pm (UTC)
ext_3038: Red Panda with the captain "Oh Hai!" (Default)
From: [identity profile] triadruid.livejournal.com
Maybe they were from Toronto?

Mpm we ran out of gas....

Date: 2006-08-29 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teross50.livejournal.com
Or did the pilot and the co-pilot just want an excuse to be out after their curfew? ;-)Was it their first date?

Date: 2006-08-29 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] infintysquared.livejournal.com
You have made my life so much the better for sharing this story. Thank yew.

Date: 2006-08-29 01:32 pm (UTC)

Date: 2006-08-29 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brandy22kc.livejournal.com
well it's just a bad idea to ever do that

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