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| India-Pakistan |
| Train breaks down, passengers asked to get out and push |
| 2007-05-18 |
| An Indian train driver came up with an original idea when the train he was driving broke down unexpectedly. Rather than face the prospect of scores of frustrated passengers launching a chorus of complaints, the driver instead asked them to get out and push. Many chose to get out of their seats and do just that, officials say. It took them more than half an hour to move the electric train 12ft (4m) so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. "In so many years of service in the railways, I have never come across such a bizarre incident," Deepak Kumar Jha, a spokesman for Indian Railways, told the Reuters news agency. Officials say the extraordinary display of passenger power occurred on Tuesday in the eastern state of Bihar after a passenger pulled the train's emergency chain, bringing it to a halt in a "neutral zone". This is a short length of track where there is no power in the overhead wires. Correspondents say that a train's momentum usually allows it to continue moving through neutral zones. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #11 there would be severe navigational problems; the airplane would develop a fatal descending left turn..... |
| Posted by: USN. Ret. 2007-05-18 18:03 |
| #10 Stick CAIR and Demos on the same bird, and then you have Boeing and AirBus Next-Gen bliss ... no engines required. Although GE and RR may not be too happy. |
| Posted by: bombay 2007-05-18 17:48 |
| #9 bombay; right you are, and we could add any number of democrats and have the same results. |
| Posted by: USN. Ret. 2007-05-18 16:17 |
| #8 USN, Now that depends on who is on the bird. Any CAIR, and the spin will keep the engines going! |
| Posted by: bombay 2007-05-18 15:34 |
| #7 Note to our loyal passengers: This tactic is not applicable to in-flight aircraft engine failures. |
| Posted by: USN. Ret. 2007-05-18 14:44 |
| #6 Nah, they tied him to the front of the train as a cow buffer. Wouldn't want to hurt them precious cowsies. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-18 14:18 |
| #5 So did they neuter the idiot who pulled the chain, leaving them in the neutral zone to begin with? |
| Posted by: Dar 2007-05-18 13:32 |
| #4 You do what you gotta do to get where you gotta go.A friend of mine broke a leg in a parachute jump on a bush airstrip. The ambulance taking him to hospital broke down and he had to get underneath and fix it with a broken leg, unset, in an inflatable cast. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2007-05-18 12:34 |
| #3 Is it not obvious how superior these people are to their muzzy neighbors? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-05-18 09:13 |
| #2 Never have so many people all had the same personal trainer. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-18 00:45 |
| #1 "Driver, can't you go faster?" "Oh yes, sahib, I can, but I am not allowed to leave the train." |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-05-18 00:17 |