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Old 14th Dec 2012, 05:52
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One would suggest the title of the post is a little misleading
Wait till the DM gets hold of the story :

Thousands of panic stricken passengers on an Atlantic's Virgin jet belonging to the millionaire serial enterpruner Richard Branston, of the pickle family, narrowly missed death or worse yesterday as their Airbus jumbo jet hurtled down the runway at close to the speed of sound with a shattered windscreen. The heroic captain aborted the takeoff just in time for the packed aircraft to avoid a primary school and a shopping centre full of people doing their Christmas shopping in time for Ramadan ...............
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