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  1. 2007-06-20, 09:33 AM #1
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    400 Pax Stranded 7 Hours on Cathay 747

    San Francisco Chronicle:
    SFO nightmare -- 400 stuck on plane 7 hours
    John Cote, Carl T. Hall, Chronicle Staff Writers
    Wednesday, June 20, 2007

    Nearly 400 passengers were stranded aboard a Cathay Pacific Airways jet for more than seven hours Tuesday at San Francisco International Airport, adding yet another planeload of angry consumers to a growing industry backlash.

    Passengers boarded Flight CX873 to Hong Kong just after midnight Tuesday for a 1:20 a.m. departure. But the Boeing 747 never left the gate. More...
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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  2. 2007-06-20, 10:04 AM #2
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    Been there done that with Cathay. LOL
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  3. 2007-06-20, 10:18 AM #3
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    I wouldn't quite call it a "nightmare".
    Email me anytime at [email protected].
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  4. 2007-06-20, 10:22 AM #4
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    Yeah. When your plane hits a mountain and you have to eat the dead passengers to survive, that's a nightmare.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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  5. 2007-06-22, 04:18 AM #5
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    Id hardly call that stranded... They never left the gate !!
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