Given the choice of an explosive burst of scalding steam and debris or the grinding impact of jet fuel and steel airframe, I choose neither. Yes, I can do that.
Between the Brazilian jet that never cleared the runway and went skidding into a gas station (smart placement, putting a fuel reservoir at the end of a too short runway) and the pipe malfunction from the bowels of the Big Apple, I say both are shitty ways to die. The cause of both is officially "under investigation", but that just really means they haven't squarely placed the blame. Brazilian government and air travel cabinetry had dealt with congressional inquiries as the too short and rain slickened runway was not ample enough. And the condensation in pipes that cause a "water hammer" effect is well documented, the most recent explosion occurring in 1989 which killed three - and the leading culprit here.
Instead of pondering a superheated, instant death, may I suggest...kittens!
Between the Brazilian jet that never cleared the runway and went skidding into a gas station (smart placement, putting a fuel reservoir at the end of a too short runway) and the pipe malfunction from the bowels of the Big Apple, I say both are shitty ways to die. The cause of both is officially "under investigation", but that just really means they haven't squarely placed the blame. Brazilian government and air travel cabinetry had dealt with congressional inquiries as the too short and rain slickened runway was not ample enough. And the condensation in pipes that cause a "water hammer" effect is well documented, the most recent explosion occurring in 1989 which killed three - and the leading culprit here.
Instead of pondering a superheated, instant death, may I suggest...kittens!
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