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First, were you not the chief test
pilot for the lunar shuttle XR-2300?
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Yes.
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On the fifth of October this year,
that shuttle crash-landed.
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Were you not the pilot
on that flight?
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Yes, but I wasn't...
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And, Mr Striker, is it not true
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that that crash was a direct result
of your incompetence?
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No! The problem was with that ship,
not with me.
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The wiring was shorting out
under high temperatures.
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That thing was a flying deathtrap.
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The fact is, gentlemen, nothing
serious was wrong with that ship.
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Ted Striker folded up
on the approach.
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That's a lie!
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Order! Order!
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On March 5, 1980, flight 209 into
Chicago lost its crew in midair.
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And on that fateful night,
Ted Striker saved that plane.
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I'd like to call one of the
passengers from that flight,
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if it pleases the court.
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Do you swear on the Constitution
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to tell the whole truth,
and nothing but?
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I do.
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Would you describe, in your own
words, what happened that night?
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Mr. Striker performed exceptionally
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The passengers were very concerned
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The pilots were incapacitated
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So Mr. Striker took control
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And landed that plane safely
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Golly!
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I know I wouldn't be alive today
if it wasn't for Mr Striker.
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I find it difficult even now to think
about that night over Chicago.
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Please try, Mrs Hammen.
It's very important.
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Well...
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we lost the crew...