50 pound slab of blue ice falls off Air Force One narrowly missing “Occupy Las Vegas” protesters

[Frank Szabo]

Obama craps on Las Vegas protestors.

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[777 fixer]

Would'nt you think that an aircraft like AF1 would have vacum lavs? And how did they know it was 50lbs?

 

[delldude]

I laugh when someone finds B/I in the front yard and keeps it in the freezer.....

Must have some kind of mystical properties......

 

[777 fixer]

I laugh when someone finds B/I in the front yard and keeps it in the freezer.....

Must have some kind of mystical properties......

Just thinking about someone actually putting blue ice in their frezzer triggers the old gag reflex. Touching it is bad enough. Next to fuel system work my least favorite job.

 

[delldude]

Just thinking about someone actually putting blue ice in their frezzer triggers the old gag reflex. Touching it is bad enough. Next to fuel system work my least favorite job.

Used to overhaul the tank valves/pump motors on occasion......even after weeks in disinfectant....yuuck.

 

[777 fixer]

Used to overhaul the tank valves/pump motors on occasion......even after weeks in disinfectant....yuuck.

GROSS! You deserved every penny for doing that job. And then some!

 

[Ms Tree]

Ok. So can someone explain how this happens in lay mans terms. I know there is a valve that they hook. A truck up to. I have seen that when I have flown. But how does that much escape the plane? Are we just talking about a leak that accumulates and freezes at altitude and then breaks off when it gets caught in the slip stream?

 

[delldude]

Ok. So can someone explain how this happens in lay mans terms. I know there is a valve that they hook. A truck up to. I have seen that when I have flown. But how does that much escape the plane? Are we just talking about a leak that accumulates and freezes at altitude and then breaks off when it gets caught in the slip stream?

You got it.

 

[Ms Tree]

Well if its just leaking at least its not going to be "chunky" blue ice.

I bet the people in charge if Airforce One are not to pleased with who ever was incharve of the blue stuff.

 

[777 fixer]

Well if its just leaking at least its not going to be "chunky" blue ice.

I bet the people in charge if Airforce One are not to pleased with who ever was incharve of the blue stuff.

Assuming it actually came from AF1. My guess is that it has vacum lavs instead of the old style blue juice ones. In which case it could not have been AF!. Even if it does have blue juice lavs how in the heck is anyone going to know the piece wieghed 50lbs and where it came from?