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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