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May 14, 2006
Plane Carrying Sen. Kennedy Struck By Lightning
Plane carrying Sen. Kennedy struck by lightning
BOSTON --A small jet carrying U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy from a commencement speech in western Massachusetts to his Cape Cod home on Saturday was struck by lightning and had to be diverted to New Haven, Conn., a Kennedy spokeswoman said.
The eight-seat Cessna Citation 550 lost all electrical power, including communications, and the pilot had to fly the plane manually, according to Melissa Wagoner, Kennedy's press secretary. No one was hurt.
The Massachusetts Democrat had just delivered the commencement address at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams and was on his way from Pittsfield Municipal Airport to Hyannis to spend Mother's Day with family when the plane was struck at about 4 p.m., she said.
The jet landed at New Haven at 4:11 p.m. without incident, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Murray. A report was filed with the agency, which will look into the incident, she said.
Kennedy planned to stay in Connecticut overnight because he is scheduled to deliver another commencement address at Springfield College on Sunday, Wagoner said
Wild Thing's comment......
God is a Republican, you know.
"Oh, Ted, this is God. You've been flying off on tangents, and going in the wrong direction for too long now. This is my final warning. Can you hear me now?"
Posted by Wild Thing at May 14, 2006 12:17 AM
Comments
Just what the guy needs, one more excuse for a nice stiff drink.
Do you suppose it had anything to do with ol' Tubby's negative aura?
He may want to consider Amtrack, he doesn't have such a good record with Airplanes or Autos. Plus,..... they have a cocktail car.
Billy
Posted by: Billy at May 14, 2006 01:09 AM
Good one Billy, he sure would love having a cocktail car.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 14, 2006 01:42 AM
Wait til the sod sobers up and finds out he was on a jet hit by lightning. He will freak out.
OK enviromentalists, global warmers and anti-wealth socialists, how much fossil fuel does that Citation burn.
Posted by: TomR at May 14, 2006 02:27 PM
Tom lmao
"Wait til the sod sobers up and finds out he was on a jet hit by lightning. He will freak out."
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 14, 2006 03:37 PM
Teddy,teeeeddddddddddddyyyyyyyyyyyyyy "GOD"
here,put down the Gin Teddy your face is
begining to look like SanFran-Nan... Thats
not good Teddy!!!your going to scare the crap
out of the Grate Grand Kids...And that kid of
yours,Damn good thing he wasn't around any
water,know what I mean...one last item let
those folks have their Wind-Mills there at
good old Hi-anis port,you can't see that far
anyway...
Posted by: Tincan Sailor at May 15, 2006 06:11 PM
