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Old 07-13-2009 | 06:06 PM
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Jet makes landing with football-sized hole - CNN.com

I wonder what caused the hole?
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Old 07-13-2009 | 06:13 PM
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From another source...



Southwest Airlines Flight Make Emergency Landing in Charleston
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Old 07-13-2009 | 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Perhaps the lack of inspections as required by safety directives? hahaha

Sorry, I just had too.
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Old 07-13-2009 | 06:14 PM
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Highly trained Canadian geese equipped with oxygen masks and jet packs.
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Old 07-13-2009 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by xtreme
Highly trained Canadian geese equipped with oxygen masks and jet packs.
Painted in WestJet's colors.
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Old 07-13-2009 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JetJock16
Painted in WestJet's colors.
I thought they were in AirTran colors.
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Old 07-13-2009 | 06:58 PM
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From the outside, it looks like a symmetrical hole from an antenna or panel, not a tear. Don't know anything else at this point.
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Old 07-13-2009 | 07:29 PM
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The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports - Breaking News - Plane makes emergency landing at Yeager

The square shape definately looks like something blew out.
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Old 07-13-2009 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by johnso29
I thought they were in AirTran colors.
Could have been but I was thinking more along the lines of retaliation for SWA's postponement of their WestJet Codeshare agreement. Plus the above poster mentioned Canadian Geese so WestJet came to mind.

If was AirTran then how'd they hide those special explosive Florida Oranges inside their cabin?

So we'll just have to wait for the press release on the findings...............will it be Feathers or Orange Peels?

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Old 07-14-2009 | 12:11 AM
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First and for most… job well done by the entire crew!

Perhaps it’s time to take a deeper look into the aging aircraft inspection program as it relates to pressurization cycles.
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