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by cynwoody 4618 days ago
Brings to mind the time a US Marine Corps aircraft sliced a ski-lift cable† with its wing at an Italian ski resort, killing 20 people. The airplane was damaged but managed to land safely at Aviano Air Base.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable_car_disaster_(19...

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With the pilots getting away with it.