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12-18-2006, 02:50 PM
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Sometimes I feel Like a Nut!
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"Our Boeing 727 BAX aircraft flight 705BX encountered severe weather over Alberta Canada. The aircraft was cruising at 35,000 feet
when it encountered tennis ball sized hail. The pictures below show some of the damage. All landing lights were destroyed, as was the radar.
Amazingly, the engines continued to work. The crew was forced to make a "blind" emergency landing. Upon safe return to the ground the first
officer and flight engineer quit. It is expected that the aircraft is a total loss as its structural integrity has been compromised."
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12-18-2006, 02:55 PM
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The engines continued to work because the are required to withstand serious ice conditions. Some of the tests are nuts launching ice chunks into the engine at full throttle.
As for the rest...looks like it'll buff right out with some scratch remover and elbow grease.  |
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12-18-2006, 02:59 PM
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Kitteh!
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That is crazy. I don't blame the for quitting. |
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12-18-2006, 04:25 PM
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Arrive. Raise hell. Leave.
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< that is what i am sitting here doing after seeing those pics.
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12-18-2006, 04:31 PM
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Re: Hail: 1 Airplane: 0
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Sometimes I feel Like a Nut!
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holy hell 300 guest wwooo thats some craziness right there 
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12-18-2006, 04:47 PM
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12-18-2006, 04:48 PM
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They all came to read "woot for road trips" and kinda drifted off into here somehow.  |
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12-18-2006, 06:04 PM
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Apparently the story isnt real. Doesn't mean the pictures are any less amazing |
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12-18-2006, 06:28 PM
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Bob is Good.
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I think all these guests are killing the server. It took me 13 seconds to do a "New Posts" query. It usually takes less than one... |
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12-18-2006, 06:34 PM
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Yea its stressing the server. I am doing everything I can to keep it up. |
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12-19-2006, 12:16 AM
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12-19-2006, 12:55 AM
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^needs more bondo
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then what did cause that damage if it wasnt hail?
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12-19-2006, 01:08 AM
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The hail part of it seems to be real but some of the information is a bit skewed. |
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12-19-2006, 01:43 AM
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12-19-2006, 02:27 AM
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Thats crazy. I'm very glad they were able to land. |
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12-19-2006, 02:57 AM
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25,770 veiws. |
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12-19-2006, 06:05 AM
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12-19-2006, 09:53 AM
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I liek gramer
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12-19-2006, 10:26 AM
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im sorry man  im regretting putting this story on here cause everytime i click on something it just reads servers to busy
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12-19-2006, 10:38 AM
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Yeah, it needs to go away...constant 1000+ visitors of which none will join...is destroying the site. All the link back shit could go to. |
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12-19-2006, 11:20 AM
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welcome to the "popular stories" section of digg / News . |
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12-19-2006, 01:37 PM
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wow... 2 words..
pwned.
and amazing.
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12-19-2006, 01:43 PM
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thats technically 3
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12-20-2006, 01:31 AM
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I say, "Good thing it was Boeing and American made."  |
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12-20-2006, 05:33 AM
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I agree wholeheartedly - the body of the plane (the part that was pretty much destroyed) is made by Americans............ the Engines however (which worked fine and appear essentially unharmed) are made by Rolls Royce, in Britain |
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12-20-2006, 11:35 AM
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I thought many of the big Boeing jets used Pratt & Whitney, and/or GE engines also.  |
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12-20-2006, 11:51 AM
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You are comparing an Aluminum shell to a solid titanium engine. |
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12-20-2006, 12:01 PM
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12-20-2006, 12:05 PM
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12-20-2006, 12:15 PM
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12-21-2006, 09:18 PM
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has a truck now
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12-23-2006, 03:23 PM
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12-23-2006, 04:05 PM
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12-23-2006, 05:03 PM
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Since the whole world is linking back to these hail photos, I thought I'd check with snopes.com to see how much truth is in the story. It just didn't ring true to me that a pilot would dramatically say 'I quit' and walk away, that's like a movie script. Turns out the photos are real, the story is bogus, here is the full scoop: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Hail Damaged Aircraft
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12-23-2006, 05:52 PM
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