Jet plunge cliche horror

Oldfart · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: Jet plunge cliche horror

An air force Hawk trainer was involved in a runaway jet plunge horror crash at Newcastle (Williamtown) Airport yesterday when it ran off the runway and sat undamaged on the grass with no injuries to the only person on board. The accident, described by a passing motorist as 'a lucky escape', is the latest in a series of incidents that has tarnished the reputation of the national carrier Qantas.

After witnessing fire crews rushing to the scene, several passengers at the terminal said they expect they'd never fly in one of those sort of aircraft. As news helicopters circled overhead, the chief air traffic controller, Mr Jim Sayagain, was smothered with foam as firefighters, who were forced to don breathing Apparatus™, lowered sandwiches on ropes to beleaguered passengers overcome with amazement in the car park. Some Jetstar departures were delayed. Cityrail advised that trains on the Newcastle line were running 10 to 20 minutes late, but that their staff were working hard to restore normal services.

Qantas has strenuously denied any involvement in the incident, but reliable sources indicate that one of their aircraft was in the air in the vicinity at the time, en-route from Sydney to Brisbane at 31000 feet, and that the Hawk aircraft involved once overflew the Qantas jet base at Mascot. In news just in, an eyewitness has reported seeing a pulsing orange glow emanating from the sidewalls of the tyres of the giant crippled aircraft and that any Qantas markings that the plane might have had were not visible.

Air crash investigators are sifting through the wreckage and are searching for its black box flight recorder.

PS: I love the way 'breathing Apparatus™' has become automatically trade-marked as an instrument of torture. I'll never feel the same way again about donning a mask and testing the distress alarm.
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BH160159 · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: Re: Jet plunge cliche horror

Nice one fart

johnmc · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject:

This needs to be published - if you can find a paper with the nads to print it...
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MJJA · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

Laughing until the tears come to my eyes! To say nothing of my nose...
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frozensquirrel · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject:

I'm amazed that no-one put in for compensation for the delays caused.

Did any of the delayed Jetstar passengers "sweat it out" on the air terminal overnight?

Was the plane involved a Boeing 707 or was the Ghan delayed due to the incident?

If this was at Katherine or Darwin airports, you could of chucked in a drunk driver or a croc for extra realism. Wink

Secret Agent · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

Good one Oldfart, but got to agree it needs to be published somewhere in print! Laughing

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