An American Airlines jet landing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming slid off the runway into a snow bank earlier this week. No one was hurt and the aircraft wasn’t damaged, but it still must have been a harrowing experience based on this video shot from inside the cabin, where a passenger can be heard praying to Jesus.
The Post ran a photo today supposedly taken on an American Airlines flight of a man who appears to be about 6’9” and close to 400 lbs. sitting in an aisle seat and spilling out all over the place. What’s especially striking is that a) he was even allowed on board, and b) he wasn’t forced to buy two seats to accommodate his, ugh, girth. If I were on this flight, I’d be willing to bet a kidney that yours truly would’ve been seated next to this cat. No doubt, and with an old lady hell bent on saving souls for Jesus sitting on the other side. |New York Post|
An American Airlines plane bound for LaGuardia Airport landed safely this morning after flying thorugh a flock of birds near the runway, the first recorded bird strike since some Canadian geese downed Sully Sullenberger’s plane. Although an unidentified bird damaged part of the landing gear, the strike was not apparent to the 135 passengers on board. Meanwhile, the extermination of 2,000 geese continues around the city. |WCBS|
Now that he doesn’t have to ferry around a huge team of staffers and press corps, the president elect traded in his unpatriotic campaign plane and flew on a chartered American Airlines jet to meet with Bush and finally start measuring the drapes. The first meeting between the incoming and outgoing president is always a big story and the airline is receiving some nice product placement as the press continually beams back a live commercial of the plane as it takes off, lands, taxies on the runway, sits idle, and then starts all over again. |Politico|
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