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The Beatles
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Post by The Beatles »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

Wowee, what a flight (and message).

Great engines though, that they restarted smoothly.
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Nuclear Raunch
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress." :ph34r:
I know the voices in my head arn't real but they usually have some pretty good ideas.
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Post by The Beatles »

I actually found the incident after browsing Wikipedia's Understatement page.
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Gen. Volkov
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Post by Gen. Volkov »

Yeah, I heard about that watching a show on the Yellowstone supervolcano. I believe the engines were Rolls Royce ones, because airlines provide their own engines, but the article doesn't say, so I am not sure. Several other planes have flown through ash clouds and experienced much the same thing. This one just has a famous quote attached to it. Not that I don't like the quote. :D
It is said that when Rincewind dies, the occult ability of the human race will go UP by a fraction. -Terry Pratchett
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