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Giant Hailstones Can Spoil Your Flight

Posted by michael on from the keep-seat-belt-fastened-while-seated dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has the story and picture of an Airbus 312 jet which flew through a giant-hail storm and was left with serious damage."

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  1. A lesson about journalists by PD · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is no such thing as an Airbus 312. The airplane that flew through the hailstorm was an Airbus 321, a rather common plane in service around the world.

    The lesson is really a question: if a journalist, who is supposed to be an expert in reporting the facts, can't even get the type of aircraft right, then what else are they reporting incorrectly? Something to think about while watching CNN tonight.

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    If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
  2. Wrong? Right back atcha! by Dahan · · Score: 4, Informative
    A simple Google search shows the existance of an Airbus A340-312

    Another simple Google search shows that every other article says the plane was an Airbus A321.