Bill Clinton’s 55 Hour Flight Delay
August 08 2008
Well, that was just to get your attention - it was actually his press plane trailing his plane to Africa that was delayed. The Washington Post has a mildly amusing story about the press traveling with Clinton for a 4-day whirlwind trip through Africa and the delays suffered by all. Short version? 55 hour delay at Newark, an electrical fire, a replacement Boeing 707, and Ted Danson flying Ethiopian Airlines from Ethiopia to Rwanda. I don’t know why the site of Danson on that plane cracks me up. It also begs the question of what the hell he was doing there. I can’t answer that. Maybe a very special Becker.
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Seth on 13 Aug 2008 at 7:35 pm #
I didn’t think that the 707 was still allowed to operate in the USA. The only commercial carrier I’m aware of is Saha Air, in Iran, and I doubt that plane came over to help them out.
Sounds like a fun trip otherwise.