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1st fatal crash in a Quantas plane was in 1927. How long ago was this written?

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Grandad,

1926



bleedin obvious innit

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if we take out the AIRBOATS lost ON THE WATER, and 1 or two shot down by the japanese (during wars), and bipalnes, it leaves not many then...

no passengers lost since 1951, and certainly none in the jet age....

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In the article below Aer Lingus was mistakenly included in a list of airlines with no fatal crashes. The airline lost 23 people in a crash in 1952 and 61 passengers died in a 1968 incident. The website quoted as a source in the article lists only airlines with no fatal events since 1970. The error has been corrected.


After last week's near-disaster when one of the world's safest airliners, a Boeing 777 belonging to British Airways, crash landed at Heathrow, you may be worried. But consider this exchange from Rain Man. Tom Cruise says to Dustin Hoffman: "All airlines have crashed at one time or another. That doesn't mean they aren't safe." "Qantas," Hoffman replies. "Qantas never crashed."

That isn't quite right: the 87-year-old Australian airline suffered several fatal crashes in its early days, most involving biplanes or flying boats. That fact may not have reassured flight QF2's 343 passengers travelling from London to Sydney earlier this month when the Boeing 747 lost power from all four generators minutes from Bangkok, forcing the pilot to switch to battery back-up for landing.

(you wouldnt think a plane that big could fly on a pack of AA batteries)


Qantas remains the safest airline if one measures safety according to the number of miles a carrier has flown without fatal accident.

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I don't think so, not when the problems mentioned involve auto pilot, auto land and radar.

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Grandad,

PMSL will you give over

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Where is the fun in that.

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Grandad,

Near the bottom--the part highlighted in green--will give you GOOSEBUMPS!!!

VERY INTERESTING-

1. The Garden of Eden was in Iraq

2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!

3. Noah built the ark in Iraq

4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq

5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq

6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq

7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq

8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq

9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel

10. Amos cried out in Iraq

11 Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem

12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq

13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the Fiery Furnace!)

14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the 'writing on the wall' in Iraq

15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq

16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq

17. The wise men were from Iraq

18. Peter preached in Iraq

19. The 'Empire of Man' described in Revelation is called Babylon --which was a city in Iraq

And you have probably seen this one: Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible.

But do you know which nation is second?

It is Iraq !

However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible.

The names used in the Bible are Babylon , Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia ... The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris And Euphrates Rivers ..

The name Iraq means country with deep roots.

Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible.

No other nation, except Israel , has more history and prophecy associated With it than Iraq

And also, This is something to think about:

Since America is typically represented by an eagle.

Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages ...

The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible)

Koran ( 9:11 ) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle.. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah;

And there was peace.

(Note the verse number!) Hmmmmmmm?!

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/k/koran-war.htm


Summary of the eRumor
A verse in the Koran, which happens to correspond to the date of the Attack on America, predicts that "the wrath of the Eagle" would be felt throughout the lands of Allah.


The Truth
This is a hoax.
The quote is not from anywhere in the Koran (or Quran).
Chapter 9 verse 11 actually says "But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and we make the communications clear for a people who know." (M. H. Shakir translation)

Don't believe everything you read

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http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

I was sent that by email....thought it was a weird one.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

mmmm, i had one about getting a bigger organ but i cant play so thats pointless..........

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Those damned music shops

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

It seems that so much happens in Iraq...

All those infamous names from there, been there, did stuff there.....

No wonder Bush was so keen to go... and wanted to send half his country over for a visit as well...

Bless him....