20070503 Abandoned Boeing 737 had made a wrong turn

Boeing 737 makes a wrong turn – then is abandoned in the middle of the street

Picture above: “No-one is assuming responsibility for moving the plane…”

May 3^rd, 2007 By Monica Chadha, BBC News, Mumbai

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6620461.stm

Man, ya just know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up in the morning and find an abandoned Boeing 737 in the middle of your street – a nobody is taking responsibility for removing it.

And you thought traffic in the Baltimore – DC area was bad.

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Residents of the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) are wondering how long it will take to remove a disused Boeing 737 that has been abandoned in a busy road.

The decommissioned aircraft was being driven through the city at the weekend when the driver got lost and then abandoned the plane.

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Some locals are angry that no action is being taken to move the plane. Others say it is a tourist attraction.

It appears that after taking a wrong turn, the driver found himself facing a flyover that was too low for him to take the plane under.

The driver has not been seen since and no-one is assuming responsibility for the 737.

Sunday surprise

Restaurant owner Ramji Thapar is one of the puzzled residents of the Chembur area of the city.

He woke up Sunday morning to find the aircraft on a giant trailer abandoned on the road.

"Saturday night I shut shop and go home and everything is fine," he told the BBC news website.

"Sunday morning when I get here, this aircraft is here near my restaurant!"

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His friend Ankur Rane said, "It's fascinating to see an airplane on the roads when one is only used to seeing cars and auto rickshaws."

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