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Thread #147169   Message #3409557
Posted By: Jack the Sailor
24-Sep-12 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: BS: Opening windows on airplanes???
Subject: BS: Opening windows on airplanes???
Did Mitt really say that passengers should be able to open airplane windows? I've seen it quoted a couple of times but don't trust the sources or agree with the meanness of the commentary. .... From wonkette...


"I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don't think she knows just how worried some of us were," Romney said. "When you have a fire in an aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly, there's no — and you can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open. I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem. So it's very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she's safe and sound."