As you may have read this morning, a Cathay Pacific Airbus made an emergency landing back in Singapore, from which it had departed about 45 minutes earlier, after an engine exploded and caught fire causing the plane to jerk violently. Readers of crankyjewishguy (CJG) know that flying is not one of his favorite activities and this is why. In this photo, taken aboard the plane as it prepared to make an emergency landing, you can see that they have stopped in the in-flight meal service and many people are not wearing their seat belts.
But what CJG really loved about the article about this near disaster, is that a spokesman for Cathay Pacific said that the plane landed "without incident." Really? CJG would say that landing "without incident" means landing (a) at your destination, not your airport of origin, (b) in street clothes, not life vests and (c) on board a plane in which one of the engines has not exploded in flight. Don't you think?
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