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Sorry, We Don't Take American Express
Nine French fighter jets and a radar plane stayed overnight at Atlantic City International Airport after one suffered a mechanical problem and bad weather prevented them from returning to their aircraft carrier off the Virginia coast, authorities said Friday.The U.S. State Department was contacted by French officials after one of the pilots tried to buy fuel Thursday and couldn't because he didn't have the available funds on his credit card, a Philadelphia television station reported. "One reported a mechanical problem, so the whole fleet came in," said Holly Baker, an FAA spokeswoman whose office is at the airport. The planes, scheduled to perform Saturday at an air show at McGuire Air Force Base in Burlington County, were conducting military exercises with the U.S. Navy and landed at about 3:45 p.m., Baker said. The 10 planes stayed at the airport because of bad weather, she said. She said two of the pilots, accompanied by FAA security, stayed with the planes overnight. She could not confirm the television report about the failed gasoline purchase. Atlantic City International Airport officials did not immediately respond to inquiries Friday. A man who answered the telephone at its airport operations desk said he could not release information. Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-06-03 |
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