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   From: Sm@rt.1   
      
   Aratzio  wrote in   
   news:dh25p3tkf86eqh6e9bhpca3406nav93mt4@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:34:32 +0000 (UTC), in the land of   
   > alt.usenet.kooks, Bertie the Bunyip  got double secret   
   > probation for writing:   
   >   
   >>Eeyore  wrote in   
   >>news:4792752A.415DF4C5@hotmail.com:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> john bates wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> *** I've heard of fly by wire but don't know much about it - What   
   >>>> bugs me is that if it were just engine failure, that must mean that   
   >>>> controls were not affected.   
   >>>   
   >>> No. The engines didn't fail. This is gross oversimplification by the   
   >>> press. It was the CONTROL SYSTEM that failed (or the fuel feed).   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Yeah right big difference fjukkwit.   
   >   
   > "Ladies and gentlemen, the engines are fine, they just are not getting   
   > fuel. Those who are staying at downtown hotels will be arriving at   
   > your hotel a little earlier than expected"   
   >   
      
   Well, exactly.   
      
   Bertie   
      
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