Remember that little news item about a month back about how Obama's plane had to be diverted to St. Louis? Probably not, but if you do, you may recall that the FAA said it was "not an emergency" and that "ha ha-- Obama's fate is in our precious, drunken, cross-eyed hands!" Or something like that...
Well, they lied, as these disturbing tapes planely reveal...
(By the way, the air traffic controller responds to the news of Obama's presence by saying only: "Roger that." We would've probably said, "Holy fuckballs! The fate of American history is in my hands! GACCCK!")
ABC News has more:
Just 41 seconds after discovering he no longer had full control of the plane's up and down movements, the pilot told an FAA air traffic controller "at this time we would like to declare an emergency..."
An FAA spokesperson acknowledged today that its statements at the time of "no emergency" were wrong, based, the spokesperson said, on erroneous reports from FAA air traffic managers.
Anyone taking the train this weekend?
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