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Boeing’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

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Front Tire of Delta Boeing Plane Falls Off and Rolls Away While Taxiing for Takeoff

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The Messenger–The nose wheel of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 bound for Bogota, Colombia came off as the aircraft taxied for departure in Atlanta on Saturday.

Delta Flight 982 stopped and passengers were returned to the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport via buses, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which said it will investigate the incident. No one was injured.

The flight had 172 passengers and six crew members, a Delta spokesman said in an email.

Rube Goldberg’s Band, Wintergaten, Have Way, Way Too Much Time On Their Hands

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Wintergatan (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɪntɛrˌɡɑːtan], Milky Way) is a Swedish folktronica band from Göteborg. Martin Molin and Marcus Sjöberg were previously part of the former band Detektivbyrån. The band uses a variety of unconventional instruments including the Modulin, a self-invented Theremin, a self-built punch-card music box, a slide projector, a Musical Saw, and a typewriter for use as percussion.

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