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Botched water cannon salute grounds Virgin Atlantic flight when Foam is used.
A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet was grounded after a botched ‘water cannon salute’ by airport fire tenders clogged up its engines by spraying thick foam instead of water. The water canon salute is the sort of flamboyant gesture for which Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic airline has become famous – and also marks something of a wider aviation tradition. The Virgin Atlantic plane – with its ‘Beauty Queen’ name emblazoned on the fuselage of the Airbus A330-300 - had just landed in Manchester… (www.dailymail.co.uk) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
You had ONE job...
Wouldn't you have really hated to be the one that did that. There probably was not a big enough place to hide.
That is when you take the first flight out, no matter where to. Siberia? Yes, coach one way please.
Aren't those levers marked well?
The "fix" will be to have a comically large switch that is labeled, in large letters, WATER or FOAM!
Let's file that under "oops"...