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Rats in cabin ground Qantas jet
BBC ^
| 2 June 2011 Last updated at 00:28 ET
| someguy
Posted on 06/04/2011 12:20:18 AM PDT by raygun
The discovery of five baby rats in a cabin compartment on a Qantas jet has caused a flight to be grounded.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aviationpinglist; qantas; rats; unions; unionthugs
Air crew found the rats minutes before passengers were due to board a Boeing 767 flying from Sydney to Brisbane.
The airline said it was a rare occurrence and passengers were put on another plane while the rats were disposed of.
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posted on
06/04/2011 12:20:24 AM PDT
by
raygun
To: 04-Bravo; 1stFreedom; A_Conservative_Chinese; acehai; Aeronaut; af_vet_rr; AFreeBird; ...
Aviation ping (rats)
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posted on
06/04/2011 12:27:04 AM PDT
by
raygun
(http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
To: raygun
This has all happened at a time when Qantas is in dispute with a union - who seemed very ready with soundbites for this incident.
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posted on
06/04/2011 12:46:04 AM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Typical rats. Not suprising it was on a Boeing, eh?
The Aussies aren’t exactly enemies...
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posted on
06/04/2011 1:05:34 AM PDT
by
raygun
(http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
To: raygun
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posted on
06/04/2011 1:18:07 AM PDT
by
Antonello
(Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
To: Antonello
This wouldn't have happened if they had some snakes on the plane.Beat me to it!
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:23:35 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: raygun
I have had it with these *&%$ rats on this ^%$# plane!
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:24:22 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: raygun
What’s scary is that rats will chew through wiring.
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:30:48 AM PDT
by
PoloSec
( Believe how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again for our justification)
To: naturalman1975
Given that Rats have a special significance to union scumbags, this is my primary suspicion.
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posted on
06/04/2011 5:58:55 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Capitalism is the Goose that lays The Golden Egg.)
To: raygun
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posted on
06/04/2011 7:55:53 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Always retaliate first.)
To: raygun
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posted on
06/04/2011 8:03:19 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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