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Since when did this ****e become newsworthy??? 
The USA Today wouldn't have space for anything else if they were to report crap like that over here! Now I suppose I've gone and perpetuated the ****e, but that wasn't the intent of this post!! Reporters and politicians, eeeeeesh!
Two plane-loads of passengers hear bad news
November 23 2007 at 12:26PM
A flight was cancelled and another turned back when the planes experienced technical difficulties on Friday.
A 7.30am Kulula flight MN913 - heading from Johannesburg to George - was cancelled after a fault with the aircraft's PA system was found, said Comair spokesperson Glenda Zvenyika.
"We opted to err on the side of caution and not fly with a faulty PA system, because we need that for on-board announcements," she said.
Zvenyika said Comair was in the process of replacing its MD 82 planes with Boeing 737-400s and acknowledged that some problems had been experienced during the transition.
'We opted to err on the side of caution'
"We acknowledge the problem with the older aircraft but have come up with a plan to minimise the problem... we will be bringing in a Boeing 737-800 on short lease for December to alleviate the pressure and minimise inconvenience to our customers," she said.
Also on Friday, a South African Airways flight heading to East London was turned back after 6am after a bird flew into the engine, said SAA spokesperson Sarah Uys.
The USA Today wouldn't have space for anything else if they were to report crap like that over here! Now I suppose I've gone and perpetuated the ****e, but that wasn't the intent of this post!! Reporters and politicians, eeeeeesh!Two plane-loads of passengers hear bad news
November 23 2007 at 12:26PM
A flight was cancelled and another turned back when the planes experienced technical difficulties on Friday.
A 7.30am Kulula flight MN913 - heading from Johannesburg to George - was cancelled after a fault with the aircraft's PA system was found, said Comair spokesperson Glenda Zvenyika.
"We opted to err on the side of caution and not fly with a faulty PA system, because we need that for on-board announcements," she said.
Zvenyika said Comair was in the process of replacing its MD 82 planes with Boeing 737-400s and acknowledged that some problems had been experienced during the transition.
'We opted to err on the side of caution'
"We acknowledge the problem with the older aircraft but have come up with a plan to minimise the problem... we will be bringing in a Boeing 737-800 on short lease for December to alleviate the pressure and minimise inconvenience to our customers," she said.
Also on Friday, a South African Airways flight heading to East London was turned back after 6am after a bird flew into the engine, said SAA spokesperson Sarah Uys.
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Too true!!! Even heard the lady on 702 news (she was the news reader)this morning talking about "birds that became tangled in the engines" of an aircraft during its take-off. Its getting ridiculous how the media are now focussing on air "disasters" This will continue until something else finally diverts their attention!
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Even heard the lady on 702 news (she was the news reader)this morning talking about "birds that became tangled in the engines"
. Could be an ostrich with it's long neck 
