17 Oct 97 00:40, Jim Sanders wrote to All:
JS> A United Arab Emirates C-130 sat about 50 yards off the 4,000-
JS> foot runway at Adirondack Airport in Lake Clear, N.Y., Thursday,
JS> Oct. 16. The military plane made an emergency landing at about 7:15
JS> p.m. Wednesday after a propeller fell off. It was on its way from
JS> Texas to Newfoundland on its way home with a crew of 12, 10 from
JS> United Arab Emirates and two from Pakistan. No one was injured.
Sounds to me like somebody failed to adequately torque the thingamajig that
was supposed to hold the prop on. (g)
Hal
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