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2026-09-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

A Boeing 737 plane began to disintegrate mid-flight in Iran

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Posted by badanov 2026-09-16 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [353 views ] Top

1 Tailstrike throws FOD into the engine - not unusual. Tailstrikes are often due to improper weight and balance, false info given re cargo weights to the loadmaster, excessive fuel uplift and of course "pilot error".

Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-09-16 07:52|| 2026-09-16 07:52|| Front Page Top

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Seeing the video and reading "No passengers or crew members were injured."

Is like watching one of those You-Tube videos of seeing the person clearly banged up, and seeing the constant laughable "No one was injured" comment in the bottom left corner.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-09-16 08:11|| 2026-09-16 08:11|| Front Page Top

3 I don't suppose they bought these from Aloha Air?

Posted by ed in texas 2026-09-16 08:31|| 2026-09-16 08:31|| Front Page Top

4 Moment Boeing 737's cabin roof collapses on to screaming passengers as tyre bursts and shuddering aircraft suffers engine damage in Iran

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-16 10:48|| 2026-09-16 10:48|| Front Page Top

5 #3 I worked in the agency that wrote the coverage for Flight 243

Posted by Beavis 2026-09-16 11:46|| 2026-09-16 11:46|| Front Page Top

6 Apologies, I don’t know what happened

Posted by Beavis 2026-09-16 11:47|| 2026-09-16 11:47|| Front Page Top

7 Stray gamma rays happened to the best of us, Beavis. Dupes deleted.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-16 12:00|| 2026-09-16 12:00|| Front Page Top

8 I "don't know how" anything happens... and it is getting worse.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-09-16 13:21|| 2026-09-16 13:21|| Front Page Top

9 Dude needs to stop yelling Muad'Dib.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-09-16 15:29|| 2026-09-16 15:29|| Front Page Top

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