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| A White House plane with first lady Michelle Obama onboard narrowly avoided a collision with a 200-ton military cargo jet after an air traffic controller made a mistake, forcing her aircraft to abort its landing at Andrews Air Force Base, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Source | |
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All's well that ends well!
"Near miss" is one of those phrases that sticks a bit funny in my thoughts, partially because it is a peeve with my father - his opinion is that a "near miss" is actually indicative of a hit, as it nearly missed but didn't...
Another thing that sticks funny in my thoughts is this:
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| said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak for their agencies. | |
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Speaking on something you're not authorized to speak on... is pretty much "gossip," isn't it?