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April 01, 2022

04.01.09 Special: PETA Sues On Behalf Of Geese Lost In 'Flight 1549 Tragedy'

From April 1st, 2009: PETA Asks For $250K, Apologies To Flock -- "But We Can Do Without Apologies"

Saying the recent downing of a US Airways Airbus A320 following an inflight encounter with geese was "an avian tragedy unprecedented in the course of modern human events," on Wednesday the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed suit in the US District Court of New York against the airline for the "unwarranted slaughter, fricasseeing, slicing, dicing, julienning and barbequing of at least four Canadian Geese." As ANN reported, the A320 with

From April 1st, 2005: Beloved Family Pet Dynamited In Case Of Mistaken Identity

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition Classic TSA Director Admiral David C. Stone (pictured below) apologized today for a tragic incident at Dallas-Fort Worth where a new screener mistakenly declared a family's beloved Schnauzer suspicious. Following standard operating procedures, the TSA Elite First Rank Bomb Squad blew up the dog carrier in place near the American Airlines baggage check area. "This is an exceptional case, and I realize it looks pretty bad. And so does the grandmother in Milwaukee whose wheelchair was pushed off a vacant airbridge, and so does the seven-year-old that was put to th

From 2014: All-Plastic Recyclable 'Cruise Ship Of The Skies'

ANN’s April 1 “April Fools” Special Edition Classic Boeing on April 1 unveiled their revolutionary new Boeing 7777 aircraft design. This aircraft designation demonstrates the replacement of the single-digit of Boeing's famous 7X7 branding with double digits because this new design is considered to be a quantum leap in design, comfort, line maintenance, and airline profitability, and hence, the Boeing 7777 moniker. The technology demonstration is stunning, and Boeing Corporate was quick to acknowledge the contributions made by Boeing Government Operations; Boeing Engineering, Operations and Technology; Boeing Defense, Space and Secur