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Bumping into a light pole while taxxing is a plane crash?
I was in two car crashes last night. The first terrifying one was when I bumped a curb while parking and the second was when I drove onto dirt to park for the night. Oh the horrors, I'll be emotionally traumatized for life.

People. Sheesh.
 
fgcason said:
Bumping into a light pole while taxxing is a plane crash?
I was in two car crashes last night. The first terrifying one was when I bumped a curb while parking and the second was when I drove onto dirt to park for the night. Oh the horrors, I'll be emotionally traumatized for life.

People. Sheesh.
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I have the sneaking suspicion that the pilots' employers will not share your humorous outlook on the situation.
 
Well no wonder they hit a light pole. They taxied all the was from Los Angeles:

A Southwest plane coming in from Los Angeles knocked over a light pole at Denver International Airport while taxiing to the gate, airport officials said.
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And there was only one passenger on the flight????

One passenger, Hilary Handtmann, was on the Boeing 737 when it knocked over the pole.
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Poor, poor, poor editing.
 
steingar said:
I have the sneaking suspicion that the pilots' employers will not share your humorous outlook on the situation.
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Did you read this bit:
One passenger, Hilary Handtmann, was on the Boeing 737 when it knocked over the pole. She tweeted a picture of the knocked down pole and apparent damage to the left wing and said “I was just in a plane crash!! Seriously. The pilot hit a light pole."
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That's the aviation equivalent of backing your car into a post at half a mile per hour.
Yea, the boss will likely be grumpy however there's a bit of a difference between a yard sale and a stick being knocked over.
 
Well no wonder they hit a light pole. They taxied all the was from Los Angeles:

Quote:
A Southwest plane coming in from Los Angeles knocked over a light pole at Denver International Airport while taxiing to the gate, airport officials said.
And there was only one passenger on the flight????

Quote:
One passenger, Hilary Handtmann, was on the Boeing 737 when it knocked over the pole.
Poor, poor, poor editing.
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In order to say what you are reading into it it would have to be written " A Southwest plane taxiing in from LA" and "THE one passenger....". Critical reading skills are every bit as important as writing skills.
 
Henning said:
In order to say what you are reading into it it would have to be written " A Southwest plane taxiing in from LA" and "THE one passenger....". Critical reading skills are every bit as important as writing skills.
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It is ambiguous. I simply chose to interpret it in the most humorous way.
 
I got a kick out of the advertising server choosing a smily ramp agent SWA guy smiling and pointing his thumb at the upper right corner of the advertisement which made it look like he was making fun of the article.
 
Does anyone know if the light pole filed a flight plan?
 
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