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Posted on 02/05/2005 1:53:30 PM PST by yankeedame
Hedgehog costs France $5m,
From correspondents in Paris
February 03, 2005
A DEAD hedgehog that created an airport mishap involving an Air France passenger plane nearly seven years ago has cost the French government more than €3 million ($5.06 million) in a court ruling.
On March 22, 1998, the hedgehog's carcass lying at the end of a runway at the Marseille airport attracted about 20 seagulls which were picking at it, oblivious to the Air France Airbus A320 roaring toward them about to lift off.
The plane's right engine sucked in the birds, destroying it and forcing the pilot to abort the takeoff.
In its judgement, a Marseille court ruled the French government responsible for keeping runways clear of such perils and that its staff at the airport should have noticed "such a large group of birds" in the path of the jet.
It ordered the government to pay $1.4 million to Air France, and $3.9 million to five insurance companies.
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LOL. I love the graphic equation. Mind if I blatently rip it off?
Headline should read: Dead Hedgehog Costs Frogs; Leeches Happy
LOL
ron jeremy Died?
Why is he called the hedge hog?
i cant go there
FReepmail me the answer. No way I'm googling ron jeremy the hedgehog.
Vive Le Rodent!
Just ask Ron yourself.
He's a Freeper, ya know.
Don't think he's been here for awhile. I think all the freeper guys tripping over themselves to thank him scared him away ;O)
hes the one with the large beeber
And that's why he's called Hedgehog???
Sure! Why not? I'm in an expansive mood today....
Gun Control Costs France $5M
On March 22, 1998, Stringent gun controls passed by the Socialist government of France prevented hunters from killing and eating a hedgehog. The hedgehog died of natural causes, and it's carcass carcass lying at the end of a runway at the Marseille airport attracted about 20 seagulls which were picking at it, oblivious to the Air France Airbus A320 roaring toward them about to lift off.
The plane's right engine sucked in the birds, destroying it and forcing the pilot to abort the takeoff.
How much to the seagulls' next of kin? It sounds like they were the only ones killed in the incident.
DINSDALE!!
Well had it been a Concorde jet would that mean it was a Sonic Hedgehoc ?
Hedgehoc = Hedgehog
$%@#@# I'll master this spelling thing yet......
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