And you thought I was going to say something about Mountain Meadows, right?
Nope. I am not feeling serious today.
This is an Airbus 340-600, painted in, possibly, the colors of the Iranian national airline, ETIHAD. Apparently, some gentlemen from Abu Dhabi lost control of it on their first attempt to maneuver on the ground and crashed it into a blast barrier. That’s $200 million in scrap metal, right there. But it’s hard to find any info on it because apparently the story is deemed insulting to Muslims and so is closely guarded.
The best laid plans of mice and Muslims and all that… Here’s another good picture:
At least we know it wasn’t being driven by a woman…