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2021-10-03 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Spirit Airlines plane catches fire in New Jersey after a large bird strikes one of its engines shortly before takeoff

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-03 09:09|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Bird, or Drone?

Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-03 09:10|| 2021-10-03 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 "a large bird entered one of the engines"
It also didn't have a boarding pass, and wasn't wearing a mask!

Posted by ed in texas 2021-10-03 10:28|| 2021-10-03 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Given that it's Spirit Airlines, sounds more like a birdbrain was involved. Spirit = World's Worsf Airline

Posted by Sheba tse Tung4690 2021-10-03 10:34|| 2021-10-03 10:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Must be Evil Spirits!

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-10-03 11:53|| 2021-10-03 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Apologies for messing with the best story ever (the Japs)...

On final approach north o' L----
Our hero is rudely awoken!
His plane never crashes,
Though wind-scattered ashes
Descend in a circle unbroken.

Posted by Otto Jerert6072 2021-10-03 20:15|| 2021-10-03 20:15|| Front Page Top

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