Comments on: Craig’s Ordeal, Getting His Letters of Recommendation http://tomchappell.com/blog/2003/01/craigs-ordeal-getting-his-letters-of-recommendation.html Yet Another Media Spotlight Sat, 19 May 2012 03:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2003/01/craigs-ordeal-getting-his-letters-of-recommendation.html#comment-727 Tom Chappell Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:34:11 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/2003/01/craigs-ordeal-getting-his-letters-of-recommendation.html#comment-727 I've always loved how the cargo was a complete loss; that's very satisfying. I’ve always loved how the cargo was a complete loss; that’s very satisfying.

]]> By: Chris Gibson http://tomchappell.com/blog/2003/01/craigs-ordeal-getting-his-letters-of-recommendation.html#comment-150 Chris Gibson Thu, 13 May 2004 09:06:56 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/2003/01/craigs-ordeal-getting-his-letters-of-recommendation.html#comment-150 News Item: <blockquote>Nashville, Tennessee (AP) - Officials at FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) confirmed early this morning the bizarre accident that befell a company Boeing 737 on departure from Indianapolis International Airport's freight terminal. Early eyewitness accounts report an unauthorized individual on the airport property driving an automobile in apparent formation with the plane as it taxied from the terminal. "I'm not sure what he was doing," said one FedEx employee, who asked not to be identified. "It looked like he was, I dunno, trying to clear the way for the plane or something." Although rumors that the driver appeared to be handcuffed and was seen carrying a pint of blood were dismissed as hysteria, further investigations indicate that this same individual may have been seen following FedEx trucks earlier in the day, as well as lurking outside the freight terminal. Police on the scene have reported that the automobile may have interfered with the aircraft during its taxi, and that in an attempt to avoid a collision, the pilot of the aircraft departed the taxiway. Sources within the NTSB have revealed that one of the jet engines impacted a runway fixture, causing a rupture in the wing. The resulting inferno engulfed the jet quickly, and although all personnel escaped unharmed, the cargo appears to be a complete loss. FedEx spokesmen would only confirm that cargo from the Indianapolis area, including the nearby towns of Muncie, Hamilton and Anderson, has been delayed, and that the company was investigating further.</blockquote> News Item:

Nashville, Tennessee (AP) - Officials at FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) confirmed early this morning the bizarre accident that befell a company Boeing 737 on departure from Indianapolis International Airport’s freight terminal.

Early eyewitness accounts report an unauthorized individual on the airport property driving an automobile in apparent formation with the plane as it taxied from the terminal. “I’m not sure what he was doing,” said one FedEx employee, who asked not to be identified. “It looked like he was, I dunno, trying to clear the way for the plane or something.”

Although rumors that the driver appeared to be handcuffed and was seen carrying a pint of blood were dismissed as hysteria, further investigations indicate that this same individual may have been seen following FedEx trucks earlier in the day, as well as lurking outside the freight terminal.

Police on the scene have reported that the automobile may have interfered with the aircraft during its taxi, and that in an attempt to avoid a collision, the pilot of the aircraft departed the taxiway. Sources within the NTSB have revealed that one of the jet engines impacted a runway fixture, causing a rupture in the wing. The resulting inferno engulfed the jet quickly, and although all personnel escaped unharmed, the cargo appears to be a complete loss.

FedEx spokesmen would only confirm that cargo from the Indianapolis area, including the nearby towns of Muncie, Hamilton and Anderson, has been delayed, and that the company was investigating further.

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