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To: JohnA

Somebody register and give us the rest of the story, Please.


3 posted on 08/07/2007 8:51:52 PM PDT by Sundog (It's a good day for a catharsis.)
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To: Sundog
Somebody register and give us the rest of the story, Please.

First time Bugmenot has let me down. Neither login worked.

6 posted on 08/07/2007 9:00:39 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Sundog
I registered but I don't feel like spilling the beans if they want their site that way. Here's part of it:

The IL-76 landed uneventfully and went directly to an FBO. There, with help from the emergency workers, the crew untangled the barbed wire and took off again for Trenton, where the cargo was unloaded. In Trenton, it was revealed the aircraft had "substantial damage" and the events were classified by the Transportation Safety Board as an accident rather than an incident.

In other IL-76 (waterbomber) news

Meanwhile, in US Forest Service news:


7 posted on 08/07/2007 9:05:06 PM PDT by JohnA
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To: Sundog
The US Forest Service would lump this incident in with design flaw implications in citing the incident record of the IL-76 as they did in one high-level letter I read from them.

I mean, who's fooling whom here?
8 posted on 08/07/2007 9:12:30 PM PDT by JohnA
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To: Sundog

More info (and the rest of the story quoted above) here:

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=41290d9615e49d626b323095e247197d&t=286919


9 posted on 08/07/2007 9:14:19 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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