Obama's Plane Mishap - Two Different Versions
The good news is no one was hurt. The odd news is the disparate versions about the mishap.
First, ABC News: The headline is "Obama's Plane Strikes Parked Plane on Runway"
From the text of the article:
At 2:45 a.m. Central Time, the Gulfstream 2 plane that carried Obama, nine other passengers and two crew members struck a parked Cessna 208 general aviation plane, which can carry 10 to 12 passengers.
There was minor damage to the wings of both aircraft, although no one on either of the planes was injured.
It then gives this background:
Before leaving his Las Vegas event that evening, Obama commented that he only had one hour to speak to the crowd, so his pilot wouldn't get "cut off" and so he wouldn't get in trouble with his wife. Obama will be in Chicago today, enjoying a prescheduled day off with his family.
Compare The Swamp, from the Chicago Tribune:
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Headline: "Obama's plane touches wings with another at MDW"
Text:
A plane carrying Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama touched wings with another aircraft early Saturday morning after landing at Chicago's Midway Airport. His campaign described it as a minor incident and said no one was injured. It happened about 2:30 a.m., as the Illinois Democrat was returning home after two campaign appearances in Las Vegas.
"From what I know, no one on board felt it," said Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt. "It was just a matter of the wings touching."
Not until the bottom does it say,
The left wing of the senator's plane hit the right wing of an empty Cessna 208 plane, said Elizabeth Isham Corey, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Or that there will be an investigation.
So which was it? Did the planes "touch wings" or did Obama's plane hit a parked plane? (My criticism here is solely of the media reporting. It would be nice if they could get the facts straight.)
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