Thursday, February 07, 2008

Crap English as spoken by native speakers of English

Okay, so this is a serious story, and the article is being written as the events unfold, however the sentences should still make sense.

text (c) Fairfax New Zealand

BREAKING NEWS: A woman is reported to have stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane at Christchurch airport.

The Jetstream aircraft, with nine passengers aboard, landed safely at Christchurch airport shortly after 8am.

The pilots, whose injuries are not known, managed to land the aircraft after being attacked. Reports say the flight was from Blenheim.

Police surrounded the aircraft on the runway, and the woman has been contained.

The bomb squad has been called in to defuse the device, thought to have been in the woman's bag.

Traffic has been stopped around the traffic (sic) and there are widespread delays.

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