OT - throwing coins into a jet engine before flight

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Catbert
Catbert Posts: 8,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I was incredulous after reading this, thinking how stupid can one be:

bbc.com/news/world-asia-40421811

Given that she is 80 years old, hopefully she didn't throw anything valuable! :D

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  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I was possibly done to "Bless" the flight by someone who had never seen a "big silver bird" before.

  • mannie gray
    mannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Do I see a new slab label in the future.........?????
    Also signed by the thrower.....?
    Limited edition would force spirited bidding.

  • 1630Boston
    1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Interesting :sweat:

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  • NewEnglandRarities
    NewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 30, 2017 9:18AM
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    I saw this last night. funny...though dangerous

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  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I just shook my head, like seeing people throwing change in coinstar machines, only risking the lives of everyone in the store.

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • AmazonX
    AmazonX Posts: 681 ✭✭✭✭
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    On long road trips, I usually put sugar in my gas tank for luck.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:
    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

    Haven't you ever boarded a plane by walking across the tarmac past a wing and climbing a stairway?

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  • chumley
    chumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
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    she should have taken an older plane,then she could safely taped the coins to a propeller

  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @CaptHenway said:

    @PerryHall said:
    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

    Haven't you ever boarded a plane by walking across the tarmac past a wing and climbing a stairway?

    Not since the 1950's. :D

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 30, 2017 10:39AM
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    I wonder what those coins look like now. :o

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  • WillieBoyd2
    WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Posted here earlier:

    http://forums.collectors.com/discussion/983196/china-shanghai-flight-delayed-by-woman-hurling-coins-at-jet-engine

    :)

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  • ms70
    ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What? Nobody else here does that? Geeez.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:
    I wonder what those coins look like now. :o

    Depends on whether the Yuan hit the fan!
    :D

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  • golden
    golden Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:

    @CaptHenway said:

    @PerryHall said:
    How did she even get access to the plane's engine? :o

    Haven't you ever boarded a plane by walking across the tarmac past a wing and climbing a stairway?

    Not since the 1950's. :D

    I can remember climbing the stairs to board in the 1970's.

  • Peace_dollar88
    Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Doesn't seem like much "luck" would come from this stupidity.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Peace_dollar88 said:
    Doesn't seem like much "luck" would come from this stupidity.

    Perhaps the airline would not let her sacrifice a chicken in the terminal?

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  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Eastern Shuttle DC-NY in the 1980's...out the tail ramp. Fort Lauderdale airport same time period. Dad parked in the grass at front door of the terminal to pick me up. Love field -Texas.

  • GRANDAM
    GRANDAM Posts: 8,785 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You can't fix stupid,,,,, :/

    GrandAm :)
  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There are still many flights that are boarded on the tarmac.... have done that several times in the last year...However, I did not throw any coins into the engine.. ;) Cheers, RickO

  • Catbert
    Catbert Posts: 8,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Are you sure ricko? I know you dispatch any toned coins in some manner.

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  • derryb
    derryb Posts: 38,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    stupid is as stupid does

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  • RichieURich
    RichieURich Posts: 8,640 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Why on earth would you want to do something that could mess up an engine on a plane you will be flying on?
    Sounds really stupid to me.

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  • FullStrike
    FullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
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    Silly lady. She was supposed to tape those Coins over her ayes.

  • ColonelJessup
    ColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Were they taken off the pop reports?

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Catbert.... I never would harm a coin...even tarnished coins....My dogs love to play with them... :D Joking of course.... Cheers, RickO

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