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From: BtB@BB.not.aaaaaaa
§ñühw¤£f wrote in news:t96dnQTJw-H0B-
nUnZ2dnUVZ_sninZ2d@centurytel.net:
> Bertie the Bunyip pinched out a steaming pile
> of:
>
>>"Viperdoc" wrote in
>>news:EuIcl.11597$as4.4214@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:
>>
>>> I flew into somewhere in SD in a Mesaba Saab 340. The flight before
>>> had a bird strike on the windshield (goose), that broke off the
>>> windshield wiper. The wiper blade then hit the prop, which flung the
>>> broken blade through the side of the fuselage, impaling itself in
> the
>>> thigh of one of the pax. He had to go to the operating room for some
>>> sort of surgery, but I do not think it broke his femur. Talk about
> bad
>>> luck.
>>>
>>> They flew in a new prop the next day, and there was some speed tape
> on
>>> the side of the fuselage.
>>>
>>
>>yipes. An airplane I uswed to fly had a wiper come loose and go right
>>through the engine, trashing it, but that is bad luck.
>>
>>BTW, thehole in the fuse had to have had more than speed tape over it
>>unless thye were ferrying it unpressurised!
>>
>>> I've always wondered if the pax got to ride free on NWA for the rest
>>> of his life.
>>
>>Hehe
>>He'd have been lucky to get a taxi ride to the hospital for free!
>>
>>They'd prolly refuse to give him anything to avoid being seen as
> shoudergin
>>any blame whatsoever, I'd a thought.
>>
>>
>>Bertie
>>
> These two compelling stories are perfect examples of Why I Dont Fly.
>
>
Well, it is hurtling through space n a cigar tube surounded by high
explosives...
If you don; treckon it's worth the risk, it's wiser to stay put!
Of course, cars are a LOT more dnagerous!
Bertie
>
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