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2007-03-09 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Snuling Gloling9123 2007-03-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Boeing has got to just love these kinds of customers...

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2007-03-09 00:07|| 2007-03-09 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 The body of award-winning Australian journalist Morgan Mellish has been identified by a co-worker after the Indonesian flight he was travelling on crashed and burst into flames on Tuesday, killing 21 people.

Retno Indrijani Palupi, who was Mellish's assistant in Jakarta for the Australian Financial Review, yesterday identified her boss's remains. His body has not been formally identified.

However, the editor of the Australian Financial Review, Glenn Burge, said in a statement that Palupi was told by a doctor that Mellish's identity card had been found on a body.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, the Jakarta correspondent for the Australian newspaper, wrote how he had booked seats for himself and Mellish on another flight run by Air Adam after learning that the Garuda flight that eventually crashed was full.

Another report said he took the Garuda flight because he thought Adam Air was less safe because of its recent crash.

Posted by phil_b 2007-03-09 01:30|| 2007-03-09 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 3rd world retros w/ attitude.

Posted by RD 2007-03-09 02:22|| 2007-03-09 02:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Removing company logos and other identifying marks of a crashed aircraft are part of most company's salvage / recovery plans. An 'anonymous' charred hulk alongside the active runway is far better than one that screams "(fill in your airline of choice here) just had a crash and millions died in the inferno," to passengers in later flights. Of course if the entire aircraft is painted in a unique livery, rather than left natural aluminum with minimal markings, (think the current United Airlines colors) taking the 'fin flash' off is of little value.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-03-09 14:40|| 2007-03-09 14:40|| Front Page Top

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