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Plane crash in Kenya... or maybe not!
On the news wire 1 hour ago - "A plane with 80 people on board has crashed
at Nairobi airport, according to Kenyan authorities. The plane was flying from the Democratic Republic of Congo. More follows." And then 30 minutes ago "Kenyan air authorities briefly sparked panic on Thursday by announcing a plane coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo had crashed with 80 people on board -- then saying it was a practice drill." The question is, why would they pretend, even briefly, to the foregin press that there had been a real crash? "Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) spokesman Dominic Kabiru told Reuters "We are testing our preparedness. We have to play a real scenario." D. |
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Plane crash in Kenya... or maybe not!
"David Wright" wrote in message
... The question is, why would they pretend, even briefly, to the foregin press that there had been a real crash? There's absolutely no chance that a reporter came in late to a press conference and missed the key words 'We will be conducting a drill....'? |
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Plane crash in Kenya... or maybe not!
There's absolutely no chance that a reporter came in late to a press
conference and missed the key words 'We will be conducting a drill....'? Who knows - but it was reported on Reuters and PA before being retracted! D. |
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Plane crash in Kenya... or maybe not!
"Steve Foley" wrote in message
news:qpaZf.1814$4G4.123@trndny06... "David Wright" wrote in message ... The question is, why would they pretend, even briefly, to the foregin press that there had been a real crash? There's absolutely no chance that a reporter came in late to a press conference and missed the key words 'We will be conducting a drill....'? I used to work in a refinery. At one point, all the operators went out on strike leaving "management" (i.e. the engineers and foremen) to keep the place alive (it was winter and we couldn't shut down the boilers and stuff because they were outside and would freeze). Anyhow, the plant manager decided we needed a "fire drill" since most of the front office guys had never had a chance to work the fire engines and all that stuff. So, announcements were made, and everyone knew that at whatever oclock we were going to have this drill. Everyone except for the extra security guards that had been brought in to patrol the plant during the strike that is... Whatever oclock came around, the foreman in the control room comes on the radio and makes a big announcement about this "fire" in the 3200 unit - really hamming it up and having a good old time. Now I "just happened" to be standing next to the fire house at the time of the drill. I always did want to drive the BIG pumper, not just the little crash truck. And, being the first one there, I got my choice of rigs. So I fire up the BIG pumper, turn on all the light, fire up the siren, lay on the air horn, and off I go. Did I mention that we kinda forgot to tell the extra security guards? We also kinda forgot that they all carried radios on the same frequency that we were on because they never used them to talk... It must have been pretty scary with all the guys clowning around on the radio ("Man O man, this is bad!!" "Never seen anything like it", etc.) and the fact that we were surrounded by tens of thousands of gallons of petroleum, and not knowing it was a drill and all. So, here comes a couple security guys driving one way through the plant, and there's me coming the other way in the BIG pumper with all the flashing lights, siren blaring, and not even _thinking_ about letting up on the air horn. Did I mention that I was driving the BIG pumper? All I can figure, is the driver must have panicked. In his rush to get out of the way, he gave the wheel a jerk and went straight into the ditch. I decided to just keep going. Perhaps the officials in Kenya kinda forgot to tell the press it was just a drill too. -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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