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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:06 am

An American passenger jet has been forced to make an emergency landing after a football-sized hole was found in its fuselage. Skip related content



Would that be your football, or ours?

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby Frequent Flyer » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:07 am

*uk*.news.yahoo.com answers your question  ;)
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby Mictheslik » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:17 am

There's really only one type of football.....and it's spherical.... :P

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:46 am

There's really only one type of football.....and it's spherical.... :P

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby Hagar » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:51 am

[quote]So what does the rest of the world call American 'football'?
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby Fozzer » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:01 pm

...my read was interrupted by the statement; "It was travelling at an altitude of 9,144 metres when the problem began".

I am still trying to convert 9,144 Metres into good-old-fashioned Feet and Inches.....as I do... ::)...!

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:13 pm

...my read was interrupted by the statement; "It was travelling at an altitude of 9,144 metres when the problem began".

I am still trying to convert 9,144 Metres into good-old-fashioned Feet and Inches.....as I do... ::)...!

Paul...Queen Victoria still rules!...;)...!

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Now I'm very confused!   :-/

I always thought that the entire wold was on Metric while we lagged behind with our system of measurments.  

Metric makes nice uniform sense to me.  ;)

I couldn't convert them if my life depended on it. ;D
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby Hagar » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:03 pm

...my read was interrupted by the statement; "It was travelling at an altitude of 9,144 metres when the problem began".

I am still trying to convert 9,144 Metres into good-old-fashioned Feet and Inches.....as I do... ::)...!

Paul...Queen Victoria still rules!...;)...!

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Now I'm very confused!
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby expat » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:41 pm

...my read was interrupted by the statement; "It was travelling at an altitude of 9,144 metres when the problem began".

I am still trying to convert 9,144 Metres into good-old-fashioned Feet and Inches.....as I do... ::)...!

Paul...Queen Victoria still rules!...;)...!

... ;D... ;D... ;D...!



Now I'm very confused!
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:08 pm

I didn't think that one through far enough.  :-[

DUH!  :D
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby ShaneG_old » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:11 pm

Sorry to drag it off topic, to get back on it, I just seen this on our news, and they said the hole opened up all the way to the passenger compartment! :o

A passenger said he could look straight up and see the sky.  :-/
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby expat » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:11 pm

Video of it here

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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza"

Postby Leigh » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:37 am

one of my friends told me about it today

also there is another footy :D Aussie rules
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Re: "There's a hole in my Boeing, dear liza dear liza

Postby ShaneG_old » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:53 am

Is that a special panel where the hole is?

It doesn't look like it was caused by an outside factor, and there's no tearing of metal from the angle we can see.

Looks like an access panel of some kind popped open.
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