The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68747 Message #1924496
Posted By: JohnInKansas
01-Jan-07 - 11:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: I Read it in the Newspaper
Subject: RE: BS: I Read it in the Newspaper
Nearly identical reports on what must have been a slow day in the news room.
Air Traffic Control confirmed that "someone asked" if they'd seen something. Radar and visual checks showed nothing unusual. The FAA is assuming "weather phenomena" due to a fairly clear day with low cloud ceilings and lots of ground lights.
At least one O'Hare controller, union official Craig Burzych, was amused by it all:
"To fly 7 million light years to O'Hare and then have to turn around and go home because your gate was occupied is simply unacceptable," he said.
Some commercial pilots might say "but not unusual."