Thursday, 24 January 2008

Art imitating life?

Apparently the loss of power to the engines of the 777 that crash landed at Heathrow airport the other week wasn't the first such incident.

A UK aviation industry source told the Press Association seven engine failures
was "not a large figure" given the aircraft's long flight history.

Anyone else see the similarity with Fight Club?

JACK: Take the number of vehicles in the field, (A), and multiply it by the
probable rate of failure, (B), then multiply the result by the average
out-of-court settlement, (C). A times B times C equals X... If
X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
BUSISNESS WOMAN: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
JACK: Oh, you wouldn't believe


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