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!'."
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!
My favorite part:
Date: 2006-08-29 06:25 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2006-08-29 01:12 pm (UTC)Mpm we ran out of gas....
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