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Old July 23rd 05, 03:49 AM
Matt Barrow
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ups.com...
Peter R. wrote:

Reporter (talking about how the rescue crews dealt with trying to stop

one
of the engines that was still running):

"Firefighters moved in and started spraying water and foam directly at

the
spinning propeller trying get the thing to short out, or overload, or
stall and that's in fact what ended up happening. They finally got that
propeller to stop spinning."


Well, aside from his not knowing how a turbine engine works, the report
seemed pretty factual and devoid of speculation or exaggeration.


It wasn't a turbine engine.