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Space Debris Narrowly Misses Airliner

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-why-i-wear-a-hat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An airliner jet traveling from Chile to New Zealand early today was in for an interesting ride. Flaming space debris — the remains of a Russian satellite — came hurtling back to Earth not far from a commercial jet on its way to Auckland, New Zealand. Here's further justification for the growing concern of the increasing amounts of space garbage orbiting our planet. From the article: 'The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340 ... notified air traffic controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his plane...'"

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  1. It figures... by Volatile_Memory · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bloody Russions!

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  2. Re:Chili? Russion? by CmdrGravy · · Score: -1, Troll

    You may have been out, buying cheesburgers or lard or something I expect, but I believe the announcement was made on the News recently that land has been discovered outside of US borders. The broadcast revealed there was a whole world out there.

    So, now you know I guess you'll be breaking out the Canadian flag, buying some expensive and ostentatious camera gear which you don't know how to use and finishing off your voice coaching now that you have acheived the loud, grating braying noises you will be making as you explore.

    I realise I may be falling for stereotypes and I am sure there dozens of exceptions to the picture I am so cruelly portraying. So, apologies to you.

  3. Re:Behind? by SilentSheep · · Score: -1, Troll

    They've got RADAR(not Radar) on planes now? Wow! Its amazing how they mount that massive rotating 'dish' so thats its invisble to the naked eye.

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