# WHy did you say that???? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 27, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120 "2003-01-27T00:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/1 "2003-01-27T00:33:58Z")
Shortly after Sept 11th, a plane crashed into an NYC suburb, and Fox news resident elephant seal faced Brit Hume said gravely “Sometimes the engines just fall off of planes.” Thanks a bunch shithead. Makes it sound like they are held on with crazy glue and rubber bands. Reminds me of that scene in Donnie Darko, only far more commonplace. Why the HELL do they let idiots like that broadcast live? Sorry about the time lapse in the post, but that has been simmering for a while. Wanted to avoid a Lewis Black style aneurism ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/2 "2003-01-27T02:12:27Z")
It was phrased stupidly, but what I got out of it was that they wanted to avoid lumping it in with terrorist activities. It’s been so long ago, though… [Forrest Gump] Sometimes, the engine just falls off. [/Forrest Gump] ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/3 "2003-01-27T02:27:42Z")
It does [happen](http://www.iranian.com/News/1999/December/boeing.html), apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/4 "2003-01-27T03:55:49Z")
…and should we expect to hear your rant on the war in Iraq in 2004, then? Better play it safe, how’s 2005 for you? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/5 "2003-01-27T04:00:33Z")
The only failure of note that I remember was regarding the DC-9 engine mount pylons. The aircraft referenced in the OP was, I think, an A-320. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/6 "2003-01-27T04:39:13Z")
I know. I’m way past the relevance point on this one. This being the BBQ pit, i didn’t think I was past the expiration date. 'Sides, I was thinking '06 ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/7 "2003-01-27T04:39:17Z")
I think it’s because a reporter is supposed to report about stuff, whatever it may be. This leads to reporters being good at talking, but not so good at anything else. I know quite a bit about airplanes, physics and computers, so when a reporter says something stupid in those areas, I notice. I betcha they’re majorly wrong about alot of stuff, but you don’t know any better, so you don’t notice. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/8 "2003-01-27T04:58:44Z")
OK, let me clarify. I know Brit was trying to draw a separation between an accident and Sept. 11, and I know that the engines don’t just drop off of planes (Woops, there goes another one. Y’know Chuck, this just ain’t my day for jet engines). I just thought that it was phrased very poorly and that people who can’t realise what something like this is going to sound like shouldn’t be on live television. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/9 "2003-01-27T05:49:59Z")
At last, I can feel comfortable posting my rant about the American Revolution… ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/10 "2003-01-27T10:37:32Z")
I’m still pissed about the whole great flood thing. And that ice age was a fucking joke. Don’t even get me started on the dinosaurs, the big freaky lizard bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/11 "2003-01-27T10:46:25Z")
And then this guy said “let there be light” I’m trying to sleep, goddammit! ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/12 "2003-01-27T11:09:33Z")
I’m also really mad about the dinosaurs. Sure, a few were jerks, but as a whole they were nice people. Now can we please let this thread die. I’m embarassed enough. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/13 "2003-01-27T17:54:47Z")
You know, I’ve been meaning to start a thread dealing with the invention of the wheel and the discovery of fire for quite some time now, but I was just letting it simmer as well. Sorry Harborwolf, I couldn’t resist. You should take comfort in knowing that by me posting in this thread, it is sure to get no more replies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/14 "2003-01-27T18:18:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Harborwolf \* > \*\*Shortly after Sept 11th, a plane crashed into an NYC suburb, and Fox news resident elephant seal faced Brit Hume said gravely “Sometimes the engines just fall off of planes.” That was no suburb, that was Belle Harbor. It’s like, completely desolate and remote farm country. Why, I hear they even have grass out there. And there’s only _one subway line_. It’s the boonies, I tells ya. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-say-that/151120/15 "2003-01-28T00:25:17Z")
nope, this was a different one. The plane crashed in an area where a lot of NYC firefighters lived