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From WYFF in Greenville, SC today comes this news story about a fire on board a Delta 767. The opening to the story reads:

A passenger was burned during a fire on a Delta passenger plane that was forced to make an emergency landing at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, according to airport officials.

But a couple paragraphs later we read:

The plane landed safely without incident and taxied to the B Concourse, Weston said.

WTF?! Landed safely, except for the whole passenger on fire thing.  Nice.  We also read that:

• the captain smelled smoke in the cockpit
• passenges reported hearing a “possible explosion”
• passengers reported feeling heat coming from the floor of the plane
• passengers were instructed to assume the crash position for landing

But luckily the plane landed without incident. Sweet.

Now, I’m not blaming the Delta baggage handlers or other employees, but is it a coincidence that a day after Delta announces it will cut half its workforce that things don’t exactly work as promised?

In other “Delta really hosed me” news, my friend flew into town for a few days visit. She flew Delta. Her checked bag was 100% soaked through and all of her clothes had this delightfully rancid smell to them. Now, granted neither she nor her bag caught fire, but who knows what happened to her bag.