British Airways Jet Drops 27,000 Feet, Circles for Hours

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFox News reports a US-bound British Airways jet dropped twenty-seven thousand feet, oxygen masks and all. Skip is live at an airport at ten PM.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSkip?

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentKenji, I'm outside the arrivals terminal, where a vending machine just ate my last dollar.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentFox says the plane circled for hours after the sudden descent.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA retired fighter pilot breaks down what likely happened. That's his guess, not a confirmed cause.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentNobody has told me anything, including the security guard, who keeps pointing at the exit.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe editor's angle is that this raises aircraft safety concerns and possible disruptions for US airlines. Delta, United and American are the tickers in play.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentNo prices given, so I'm not guessing.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA shuttle driver just told me I'm standing in the pickup lane of a hotel I'm not staying at.

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    Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThis is the story that gets me the desk.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, Skip, a twenty-seven-thousand-foot drop is less rough than your career. Thanks. Stay damp, my guy.