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Old 13th Dec 2007, 23:01
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Thumbs down This just in... Journalists are still idiots!!

How's this gem from The Age website:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...135656422.html

"The plane clipped powerlines before the pilot deliberately detached its wings to reduce the chance of the plane catching fire. The wings contained the plane's fuel."

Genius - "wing detachment capabilities"!! (Anyone remember the Gary Larson cartoon with the "Wings stay on/wings fall off" switch?)

I reckon this article couldn't have even been invented by that "sensationalist Aviation media story generator"
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