There are no editors anymore

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FAA Grounds All 787 Planes In The U.S. To Seek A Fix For Battery Issue

…and all this time I thought we had at least 788 planes.

(Hat tip: NPR via Scissorhead Skinny-D)

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7 Responses to “There are no editors anymore”

  1. TheKid: January 17th, 2013 at 10:07 am

    Did you check between the cushions?

  2. Pharmakeus Ubik: January 17th, 2013 at 10:18 am

    Thought this was going to be another gem from the local rag, the Murky-Snooze.

  3. zombie rotten mcdonald: January 17th, 2013 at 10:23 am

    I am surprised to find we still have an FAA.

  4. Another Kiwi: January 17th, 2013 at 11:27 am

    Those are the 787 planes that the FAA controls. The rest? Who knows?

  5. kctomato: January 17th, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    One would think they’d hard wire their smoke detectors

  6. Dimitrios: January 17th, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Wait till they find out they only needed to ground the batteries, not the planes.

  7. Count Typo: January 19th, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    According to official figures published on Sept 10 2001 stating a total of 791 aircraft, the current count would appear to be correct.