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by the_third_wave 277 days ago
"The cause of the recent crash of flight ADZRUS-666 has been determined to be a badly scheduled ad impression which covered all screens in the glass cockpit to show aan ad of a dancing hippopotamus in a tutu selling skin care products while the plane was on final approach in IFR conditions."
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"We have determined removing the ads will cost us more in lost revenue than compensating victims families the occasional time this happens."