wrote:
Wow, I can't wait till my SPOT gets sucked into some big GE turbofan,
destroys the engine, and kills 200 people.

Radiosondes about the size of a SPOT are launched daily by balloon all
over the country, but I haven't heard of any GE turbofans finding them.
Perhaps there is a procedure for doing something like this safely.

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