Reply #53: older edition?

[RH]

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So which older edition said "about to die any second now?"

According to the edition that I saw "We both tried to reassure one another that everything was going to be OK" and before calling Barbara Olsen did not know what had happened in New York.

The immediate purpose of the calls was clearly explained in the same edition, to announce the situation and seek advice to tell the pilot what to do.

As it happens, in times of stress, even after an unfortuanate result let alone before an unfortunate result, complete denial is a usual reaction.

When hijackings had previously taken place passengers were known to have contined to read their newspapers, as if to carry on regardless.