14-year-old steals plane; I blame video games

In Fort Wayne, IN a 14-year-old was wandering around an airport, found a plane with the keys inside, and decided to go for a spin. Surprisingly, he was able to fly for 30 minutes, including taking off and landing twice. The second landing doesn't appear to have been such a good job, since the plane suffered major structural damage. However, no one appears to have been injured.

The kid had never flown before, but I think we can assume that he had played around with Microsoft Flight Simulator or similar.

WackyHumor · Thu, 06/16/2005 - 11:45 · · Importance: 1

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Blame video games. Blame family problems. Blame the fact that he drinks milk. Anything but make this poor victim of society take responsibility for his actions.

Posted by: Ralph at Jun 17, 2005 9:57 AM

"Grand Theft Auto San Andreas"
by Rockstar games.

It's really a map of Los Angeles with a cornucopia of video mayhem filled with machine guns, rockets, grenades, parachutes, samurai swords, and chainsaws. The character's mission is to cause as much mayhem & damage & steal any vehicle including simulators with trains, planes, boats, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks and airplanes without getting killed.

check it out:
http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/misc/basic/signup.html

Sales are in the millions.

This is only the beginning.

Heh

Posted by: Smitty at Jun 16, 2005 6:38 PM


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