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  1. 2009-05-12, 12:31 AM #1
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    JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Baggage Cart Sucked Into Jet Engine At LAX
    May 11, 2009 5:52 pm US/Pacific
    LOS ANGELES (AP) ?

    A metal baggage container was sucked into an engine of a Boeing 747 as it was leaving a terminal gate Monday at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. No one was injured.

    The incident occurred as Japan Airlines Flight 61 to Narita, Japan, was pushing back from the Tom Bradley International Terminal about 1:30 p.m., said Marshall Lowe, an airport spokesman.

    Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said a baggage cart was being towed at the same time and the engine ingested one of its containers.

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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    I hate it when that happens!
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    leave it to the media to confuse a bag cart with an LD3. :roll:
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    A cart carrying containers....I think they explained it properly. Bit of a reach to expect the media to say "LD3".
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    leave it to the media to confuse a bag cart with an LD3. :roll:
    Matt give me a break....who's going to know what an "LD3" is besides people familar with the industry. You're really reaching here my firend, bag cart is a fine explanation.
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    Matt give me a break....who's going to know what an "LD3" is besides people familar with the industry. You're really reaching here my firend, bag cart is a fine explanation.
    sorry. i just really dislike the media...
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    sorry. i just really dislike the media...
    Thanks, I really appreciate that...
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    sorry. i just really dislike the media...
    :cry:
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Quote Originally Posted by cancidas
    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    Matt give me a break....who's going to know what an "LD3" is besides people familar with the industry. You're really reaching here my firend, bag cart is a fine explanation.
    sorry. i just really dislike the media...
    A LD what?
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Quote Originally Posted by Nick
    A LD what?
    i guess i could have just said container.
    it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    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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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    Baggage containers have names. An LD-3 is what you see in that photo there. I believe they will fit on 767s and A330/340s. It is a "half container" where you can put the container side by side with another one. There is also an LD-8, which is like two LD-3's put together.

    There are many other kinds, but these are just examples of some of the most common.
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  13. 2009-05-13, 10:15 PM #13
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    Re: JAL 747 Eats a Baggage Container at LAX

    I think the big metal box would have been fine also :) , still funny though !
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