So its more of a feel good story then?

/drtfa

Ten minutes later: Plane crashes with no survivors, phone rings.

Best seat on the plane next to the dead guy..Other than the kid behind you kicking the seat ,while his mother sleeps off another Valium.

Cock-up, I say, Cock-up!

What is it with people using 's' instead of 'z'? This isn't Nam, there are rules!

The man should be financially compensated. It looks like the airline caused about $2.2 million dollars in emotional distress.

They should have said "April Fools!" and blamed the time difference on being late by a few days.

Did someone say cock-up?

The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only, there is no stopping in the red zone.

penis: What is it with people using 's' instead of 'z'? This isn't Nam, there are rulesz!

ftfy?

Er "on" = "for". Nobody on Fark cares about grammer. Do they?

Odd photo

But did they get their luggage?

The dead guy is definitely a glass-half-empty sort of chap.

Malbar: A friend of mine was videotaping some planes on the tarmac at LAX when he saw baggage handlers trying to load a coffin into a plane with some, uhh, disastrous results.

He never did find out if the family was notified of what happened or if the handlers just packed him back in and pretended nothing had transpired.

Sort of sad that i can tell just by the URL that its a rick roll.

Couldn't the paper have found a more flattering picture of the dead guy? He looks like a royal douche in that picture.

jeezbus people -- them seats are assigned by numbers for a reason!
Cuz when you quietly croak on a plane, it's likely the farker in the next seat has already stolen your wallet & ID before pushing the call-button, and if you switched seats they have NO idea who really died.

As an American confused by recent headlines, can somebody tell me the difference between a cock-up and a piss-up? Do either have anything to do with a cock push-up?

/How many can you do?
//Just one.
///One's all you need.

Malbar: A friend of mine was videotaping some planes on the tarmac at LAX when he saw baggage handlers trying to load a coffin into a plane with some, uhh, disastrous results.

He never did find out if the family was notified of what happened or if the handlers just packed him back in and pretended nothing had transpired.

Rick Astley is dead?

They had the fish.

I hate it when there's a cock up.

nobozo
Ten minutes later: Plane crashes with no survivors, phone rings.

Where do you bury the phone?

Berz, Good catch, saw the correction, Mt. Dew almost shot out my nose. Funny stuff.

Reminds me of Cynthia Browne, the "psychic", when she told the parents of a missing kid that he was dead. When he was found alive, she said, "Well, some kid was dead, must have been some other one." Close enough.

So Steve Fossett's not dead?

Malbar: A friend of mine was videotaping some planes on the tarmac at LAX when he saw baggage handlers trying to load a coffin into a plane with some, uhh, disastrous results.

He never did find out if the family was notified of what happened or if the handlers just packed him back in and pretended nothing had transpired.

Rickroll aside, I have seen this happen. Passenger airlines ship (or used to at least) bodies in these "airtrays" which is a nice way of saying cardboard box on a plank. Once saw one get flinged out a baggage cart on an access road and another arrived with the cover askew, forcing an airline employee to... re-adjust the body and cover it back up.

/ew

As the news came from the Emirates, aka United Arab Emirates, I assume it was deliberate psychological warfare. Your family's done keeled over, whoops our bad. Slowly breaking down the mental defenses. Toying with the minds. It's all planned.

StillH2O: As an American confused by recent headlines, can somebody tell me the difference between a cock-up and a piss-up? Do either have anything to do with a cock push-up?

/How many can you do?
//Just one.
///One's all you need.

A cock up usually means somebody mucked something that should be easy and well within their bounds up...

A piss up I've only heard as being used for "couldn't arrange a piss up in a brewery"... normally someone arranging something they are not used to doing not getting it right/awesomely wrong.

Subby: "What a cock-up."

Didn't we already do today's aviation erection thread (pops)?

StillH2O: As an American confused by recent headlines, can somebody tell me the difference between a cock-up and a piss-up? Do either have anything to do with a cock push-up?

cock up = n. a screw up, v. to cock something up is to screw something up

piss up = an occasion for drinking alcohol e.g. a kegger

/enjoy!

Evilmogwai: A piss up I've only heard as being used for "couldn't arrange a piss up in a brewery"... normally someone arranging something they are not used to doing not getting it right/awesomely wrong.

A piss up means to get royally shiathammered. If someone can't get that going in a brewery, they've got some serious problems.

We're not at home to Mr. Cock-up.

"I am sorry. Your friend is dead."


/i hope not obscure

"It's not dead, it's resting".

Hey at least they would appreciate their family more from now on.

/I lol'd
//subby said cock

I had a cock-up last night so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

What? A cock? Up?

/is that how they realized he was still alive?

eff ewe: What? A cock? Up?

/is that how they realized he was still alive?

He was on viagra.

CygnusDarius
eff ewe: What? A cock? Up?

/is that how they realized he was still alive?

He was on viagra.

I lol'd

A cock up my what what?

Someone didn't want to go on the cart.

We were counting on them to, too.

ianjames

A cock up my what what?

Goes where!?

happy belated April Fool's!!

have a peanut.

Blimey.

Chief Wiggum: Mrs. Simpson, I'm afraid that we discovered your husband D.O.A.!

Marge Simpson: Oh my God! He's dead?!?!

Chief Wiggum: Oh, geez, sorry, I mean D.W.I. I always get those two mixed up...

FTA: Then after 10 seconds they rang again
Subby: Five minutes later

You've been horsing around with that Einstein fellow again, haven't you?

Denial_of_Death

FTA: Then after 10 seconds they rang again
Subby: Five minutes later

You've been horsing around with that Einstein fellow again, haven't you?

Dead relativity?

Airline cock-up trifecta in play.

So what?