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July 24, 2008
It Was a VERY Bad Day At the Office at Baton Rouge Airport
A young mechanic cleaning a commuter plane this week at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport accidentally pressed a button--or buttons--that started the aircraft on an automated takeoff, sending it careening into two other commuter jets in the same hanger and causing tens of millions of dollars of damage in about five seconds.
A report on a local television station, WAFB, says one jet was totaled and the other two badly damaged. The miracle: That the entire hanger--occupied by American Southeast Airlines, or ASA--didn't go up in flames and that all of the more than dozen workers in the hanger survived unharmed.
Posted by Rudy Maxa in Late-Breaking News | Permalink
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"that none of the ... workers ... survived unharmed."
Oops.
Posted by: David | Jul 24, 2008 12:01:30 PM
David: "Ooops" is an understatement. Thanks for your quick catch--I've corrected the copy to reflect no injuries!
Rudy
Posted by: Rudy Maxa | Jul 24, 2008 12:11:41 PM
How could that happen? Maybe I'm becoming a cynic in my almost-middle age, but I would bet he was fooling around with things he shouldn't have touched. In any event, I'm glad no one was hurt!
Posted by: Jess | Jul 27, 2008 7:55:34 PM
