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The Boeing 737 stuck in city road
By Monica Chadha
BBC News, Mumbai

No-one is assuming responsibility for moving the plane

Residents of the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) are wondering how long it will take to remove a disused Boeing 737 that has been abandoned in a busy road.

The decommissioned aircraft was being driven through the city at the weekend when the driver got lost and then abandoned the plane.

The Boeing used to belong to the private company Air Sahara.

Some locals are angry that no action is being taken to move the plane. Others say it is a tourist attraction.

It appears that after taking a wrong turn, the driver found himself facing a flyover that was too low for him to take the plane under.

The driver has not been seen since and no-one is assuming responsibility for the 737.


I love this! LOLOLOL

His friend Ankur Rane said, "It's fascinating to see an airplane on the roads when one is only used to seeing cars and auto rickshaws."

Next story out of India...

Plane converted into worlds largest Taxi!

Bloody fly-tippers!

Eh, left along long enough, you can bet some people will show up to strip the thing down to the last bolt and nut.

Eh, left along long enough, you can bet some people will show up to strip the thing down to the last bolt and nut.

You saw Lord of War as well then ? :)

Hillary has the same problem. She evidently had to have one "scrambled" quickly on demand to get the kind of plane she wanted (and the kind of pilot who won't drop her off at the commercial terminal where the rest of the unwashed have to debark).

The former first lady even grounded one aircraft - a chartered Gulfstream II - in Columbia, S.C., last Friday, demanding a swankier Gulfstream III replacement for a flight out west.

"She didn't like the configuration of the cabin," an aviation source familiar with Clinton's travel told The Post.

And that was after the Gulfstream II pilot dropped Sen. Clinton off at the bustling commercial terminal rather than the secluded area for private planes, sources told The Post.

The Gulfstream III charter had to be scrambled from Westchester County to swoop into South Carolina and carry Clinton off to San Diego for the start of a two-day fund-raising trip to California, flight records show.

I am Too Important To Mingle With The Unwashed ('http://www.nypost.com/seven/05022007/news/nationalnews/flighty_hill_changes_planes___constantly_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm')

I fail to see the connection between your Hilary story and the one I posted about.

I fail to see the connection between your Hilary story and the one I posted about.

I can see Hillary saying your title.

"Dude! Where's my plane?!!"

I can see Hillary saying your title.

"Dude! Where's my plane?!!"

LOL!!! fair enough...

But can you imagine her actually saying the word dude?

LOL!!! fair enough...

But can you imagine her actually saying the word dude?

Actually, yes. She does have a sense of humor.

Actually, yes. She does have a sense of humor.

That sounds dangerous!

Actually, yes. She does have a sense of humor.

She still ruined Blue Ribbon for me.

You saw Lord of War as well then ? :)

Nope, but I know Indian entrepreneurship.

Nope, but I know Indian entrepreneurship.

In LoW they land a Tuplev in the middle of nowhere....they used super speeded up film show the entire plane get dismantled over night...

I can believe it re India....hell...look at how they keep those Hillmans going...!