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Ted Stevens and Sean O'Keefe In Plane Crash

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the end-of-the-tubes dept.

necro81 writes "The NY Times is reporting that former Senator Ted Stevens was aboard a small plane with eight others that crashed in remote southwest Alaska Monday night. Some news outlets are reporting that he died, along with at least four others. Meanwhile, the North American CEO of aerospace firm EADS and former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe was was also reported in the crash. Rescue crews from the Alaska Air National Guard reached the site about ten hours after the initial crash."

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  1. It'll be a while before we get confirmation... by NevarMore · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...since the internet is a series of tubes. Its not like a truck. It can get clogged.

  2. Re:ten hours after the *initial* crash? by dyingtolive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe it hit so hard it bounced?

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  3. He just found in Hades... by GPLDAN · · Score: 3, Funny

    Turns out the bridge goes nowhere...

    1. Re:He just found in Hades... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Turns out the bridge goes nowhere...

      Even the devil...
      ...sometoimes enjoys roast pork.
      *doublesunglasses*
      YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA---

    2. Re:He just found in Hades... by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

      YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA---

      What, Howard Dean is there too?

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    3. Re:He just found in Hades... by GPLDAN · · Score: 4, Funny

      When reached in Hades for comment, Stevens had this to say:

      "Ten airplanes flying across that, that state, and what happens to your own airplane? I just the other day got...an airplane was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday. I got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things flying commercially."

      "They want to deliver vast amounts of people over the state. And again, the airspace is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big duck. It's a series of tubesocks. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your flight in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that airspace enormous amounts of airplanes, enormous amounts of airplanes."

  4. Safe journey, Ted by sznupi · · Score: 4, Funny

    We can only hope you have found the tube meant for you.

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  5. You callous bastard! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't you think it's a bit early for jokes?

    Slashdot has really gone down the tubes these days.

  6. R.I.P. Sen. Tubes by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sen. Tubes: 1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss

    %

    My heartfelt sympathy goes out to those of us still living who held the perished ones dear.

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  7. Re:A quick benediction by Fiduciary · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just remember, you're an asshole and will probably always be an asshole. Maybe someday you will also be old, and there will be things that are new to you, and hopefully the new generation will heap the same kinds of derision on you.

    We can only hope that the next generation will not allow us to hold office so long we become totally detached from the people we represent.. That is, if we can get the last generation out of office by then.

  8. And so he's off to the series of tubes in the sky! by Kuukai · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately, since his staff didn't mail his soul until Monday, it's not going to get to where it's going until Thursday. Until then he's still technically alive.

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  9. Farewell by bluie- · · Score: 3, Funny

    Farewell sir, may your journey onward be clogless in a big truck.

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  10. Re:ten hours after the *initial* crash? by damn_registrars · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rumor has it the plane was running Windows ME, so it crashed, came back up, and then crashed again.

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  11. Re:Called "Karma" for a reason by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would you find it as hilarious if Maxine Waters died and someone posted "GOOD RIDDANCE?"

    I'm a Libertarian, you insensitive clod! They can both die!

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  12. Re:Called "Karma" for a reason by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, we all deserve to die and we're going to get what we deserve.

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  13. That's not the worst of it by Shin-LaC · · Score: 4, Funny
    There were at least eight crashes. From TFS:

    Ted Stevens was aboard a small plane with eight others that crashed in remote southwest Alaska Monday night.

    So, the eight others that traveled with Ted Stevens did crash. Since there are reports that he died, it seems likely that he crashed too, bringing the total up to nine.

  14. Re:Because it was clear he knew nothing by squidfood · · Score: 3, Funny

    the Internet as being just like a sewer system, which is not at all correct.

    That depends, are you talking delivery system or content?

  15. Consider his audience by Esteanil · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well. I'll agree that 'tubes' may be too simplified an explanation of the internet, even for children...
    But you have to remember, this man was used to talking to Senators

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  16. Re:GOOD RIDDENCE OL TEDDY BOY by PaganRitual · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unless of course you're just an uncaring bastard.

    Phew. Up until now I wasn't sure how I fit into all this.