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May 8, 2008

Flight Continues Trip Despite Plane Damage

“The plane is extremely heavy for a flight to Europe from Dallas-Fort Worth. You have to really evaluate that. The minute you decide to air-interrupt immediately after take off, you're looking at dumping 60,000 pounds of fuel into the air over Texas”

Jay Gormley also contributed to this report. FORT WORTH, Texas An American Airlines plane, damaged shortly after takeoff from Dallas Fort Worth, continued on to fly all the way across the Atlantic to Paris, ... via Cbs3.com

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May 11, 2008
 
Hey, with the price of airline fuel reaching $9.00, they couldn't afford to around and waste fuel. :-)
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May 11, 2008
 
Well thats REAL smart.......
No way
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#3
May 11, 2008
 
So just put everyone's life in DANGER?????
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May 11, 2008
 
WHAT wrote:
Well thats REAL smart.......
Now thats what I'm sayin....
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May 12, 2008
 
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