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Pilot to passengers: The fire is out. Prepare for takeoff...

This is why we have unions !!

Tourists on Burning Russian Jet Force Pilot to Abandon Takeoff
Jul 11, 2011 5:28 AM EDT
Passengers on a Russian charter flight forced the pilot to let them off the plane, when he attempted to take off with one of the engines on fire, The Moscow News reported Monday.

About 150 Russian vacationers were about to head home to the city of Samara from the Turkish resort of Antalya when an engine of the Russian-made TU-154 aircraft caught fire.

The plane, which was becoming increasingly hot, taxied around the airport for an hour while emergency crews doused the engine fire, the report said.

When the flame was extinguished, the pilot announced that the problem was fixed and they would be leaving, at which point passengers demanded to be let off.

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