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[paul johnson]

A comment worthy of a promotion on Madison Ave!


On 1/14/2018 6:57 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> A Pegasus Boeing 737 packed with passengers has skidded off the runway in
> Turkey and slid down a headland nearly into the Black Sea, where it perched
> nose down till rescue equipment could be mustered.
>
> Airline authorities describe the event as a "runway excursion incident."
>
> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42680238
>
> Predictably, a cursory Google search  finds exx. back to 2004-2005.
>
> JL
>

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