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- llurker, on 07/22/2008, -17/+315Title seems too over sensationalized. I want to dig this story but just can't do it.
"Plane carrying Ron Paul makes emergency landing." would have done the trick. - XxtraLarGe, on 07/22/2008, -25/+259While I'm glad they landed safely, it's very interesting to note that there were 7 congressmen, and only Ron Paul got mentioned by name. Goes to show that he has really made a name for himself in the political scene.
- reelskamachine, on 07/23/2008, -7/+221avoids deadly crash?
"a slow gradual descent, no nosedive."
"there was a minor technical failure with the pressure"
Those gradual descents are deadly bitches. Buried for exaggeration. - jjb123, on 07/23/2008, -22/+209I'll go get the tinfoil hats.
- Obzerva, on 07/23/2008, -19/+167Thank god? More like thank the pilots.
- gdog05, on 07/22/2008, -64/+205Thank spaghetti you mean.
- InvisibleInk, on 07/23/2008, -28/+141The Republic just dodged a bullet.
- quomen, on 07/23/2008, -13/+119This is why Ron Paul supporters are given conspiracy theorist treatment. I really like Ron Paul, but I loathe all you dumb asses out there that makes the public perceive reasonable people like me as a nutbag.
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -90/+186Mechanical issues,You gotta wonder...
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -18/+106rAmen.
- tonyr1988, on 07/23/2008, -5/+92I'm a card-carrying Ron Paul supporter, but people throwing about conspiracy theories about this are absolutely ridiculous. Ron Paul himself said that nothing sneaky was up, and his life wasn't immediately threatened - he said it was more of an annoyance than anything.
That said, it is newsworthy when something like this occurs to our country's leaders, whether or not you agree with them. If something else went wrong and it caused a fatal crash, this would be earth shattering, whoever was aboard. Props to whoever kept their cool and was able to land the plane safely.
I am curious if they made the vote on time, and what they voted if they did. ;) - oxygen728, on 07/23/2008, -11/+82Submitter is an idiot.
- Sludgehammer, on 07/23/2008, -14/+75So.... let's recap. Bringing down the twin towers is no problem, but crashing a plane is too much for the evil government conspiracy.
- skyshock1, on 07/23/2008, -8/+67/facepalm
...and here we go... - firebat9er, on 07/23/2008, -5/+57buried for idiot description.
- Sil369, on 07/23/2008, -18/+68thnk xenu
- inactive, on 07/23/2008, -76/+125Buried..if this is the biggest "emergency" you ever have to face you're lucky..where he actually crashed was in the Primaries
- schrutefan, on 07/23/2008, -3/+49All flights are deadly until you land safely.
- inactive, on 07/23/2008, -4/+51"Plane carrying Ron Paul, congressmen avoids massive conspiracy theory"
- dcbebop, on 07/23/2008, -5/+49It's called Digg natural selection. The 1000 other articles whose titles were "Congressman's plane has mechanical failure" and "Deadly crash almost for a few government officials" failed to gather the attention of the masses. Add Ron Paul and you're guaranteed a front page story.
- insinuate, on 07/23/2008, -12/+54His Noodly appendage guided the plane to safety.
- whorunbartertwn, on 07/23/2008, -3/+34Agreed. The article says >there was a minor technical failure with the pressure" and there was "a slow gradual descent, no nosedive.< so avoiding deadly crash does seem a tad sensationalist.
- Devotia, on 07/23/2008, -0/+27BREAKNIG: Plane carrying Ron Paul does not crash. More at 11.
- Maynza, on 07/23/2008, -7/+32Yes, thank god! the guy who could have prevented it from happening in the first place :/
- reelskamachine, on 07/23/2008, -1/+25you're right, One time i was on a plane, and because they said that gradual decents are pretty dangerous, they decided not to land the plane. I'm still on it as i tyfdsafjksdh. sorry, turbulence.
- mllawso, on 07/23/2008, -2/+24Make sure they're shiny side out, we want to keep the government anti-conspiracy waves OUT, not in.
- moxx, on 07/23/2008, -4/+24I don't see why the submitter doesn't thank the pilot but does thank god...
- convohypno, on 07/22/2008, -8/+27Yeah imagine that....hmmm
- ironhide, on 07/23/2008, -3/+21He's a politician not the ***** messiah. Get a grip.
- danibobanny, on 07/23/2008, -0/+17If Paul had died, he'd still make a better president than McCain. At least he'd be harmless.
- rsylvest20, on 07/23/2008, -4/+21..."there was a minor technical failure with the pressure" and there was "a slow gradual descent, no nosedive." Lampson told him in a phone conversation that, "some people didn't realize there was a problem until the gas masks came down." Lampson said there was no panic on the plane and praised Continental Airlines for their handling of the situation.
Since when is that avoiding a deadly crash? Buried - Starflyer59, on 07/23/2008, -4/+21(CNN)— A plane carrying Texas Rep. Ron Paul and six other members of Congress was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday due to mechanical issues.
According to the Federal Avaiation Administration (FAA), Continental Airlines flight 458, a Boeing 737 en route to Washington, DC from Houston made a rapid decent in New Orleans when the pilot reported pressurization problems.
Reps. Ted Poe, Nick Lampson, and Henry Cuellar, Solomon P. Ortiz, John Carter, and Ciro Rodriguez were among those aboard the flight. The FAA says the plane had a safe landing in New Orleans with no injuries.
Update: Trevor Kincaid, a spokesman for Rep. Nick Lampson, tells CNN the congressmen are being rebooked on two different flights from New Orleans to Washington, D.C.
Kincaid said Lampson told him, "there was a minor technical failure with the pressure" and there was "a slow gradual descent, no nosedive." Lampson told him in a phone conversation that, "some people didn't realize there was a problem until the gas masks came down." Lampson said there was no panic on the plane and praised Continental Airlines for their handling of the situation. - teamgwho, on 07/23/2008, -1/+18can I have one?
- MattDell, on 07/23/2008, -1/+17I'm with llurker. I'm glad Ron Paul's safe, but the headline totally doesn't match the story.
- noseeme, on 07/23/2008, -2/+18^ These previous two comments represent the two finest intellectual minds on digg.
- inactive, on 07/23/2008, -9/+24That's nothing. Today, while walking home, I avoided jumping in front of a train, punching myself in the balls, and pouring gasoline over my head and lighting it. Boy, was I lucky.
- Sil369, on 07/23/2008, -4/+19bring 11
- groverblue, on 07/23/2008, -1/+15haha
- da_bradler, on 07/23/2008, -0/+14lol Come ON who hasn't flown on a plane that had to be make a detour due to mechanical problems? if you fly often enough it's basically unavoidable that you'll be on a plane that has some issue or another.
- inactive, on 07/23/2008, -27/+40The funny thing: If Paul had died, the Paultards would still think he has a chance at
the Presidency. - yaddayaddayoda, on 07/23/2008, -0/+13(Hopefully using the word "ironically" correctly...)
Ironically, they were on their way to DC to vote on an "Aviation Safety" bill. Their plane was diverted and they had to miss the vote. - ferrariman60, on 07/23/2008, -3/+16Yeah, it makes me wonder what the maintenance record on the plane is. Oh, you meant to insinuate a conspiracy..... nope, doesn't make me wonder about that. It's a damn airplane, they aren't perfect.
- Dustmuffins, on 07/23/2008, -1/+13keep your logic off my digg
- whorunbartertwn, on 07/23/2008, -1/+12If you're not being sarcastic there is no synonym for the word "pity" that is strong enough.
- da_bradler, on 07/23/2008, -2/+12Bravo that was some excellent spin you put on that.
- fr0ng, on 07/23/2008, -6/+16Oh shut up with your "deadly crash" garbage.
- Xihix, on 07/23/2008, -2/+11Exaggerated, but it's good that they're all fine.
- avengingturnip, on 07/23/2008, -1/+10Pennies used to be made entirely of copper.
- NightRiderkami, on 07/23/2008, -4/+13Well, look at how many south and central american presidents have died in fiery plane crashes, it makes you wonder.
- Mothrog, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9No, Obama says change change change change change, not Constitution. Get it right now.
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