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Pilot denies coffin shift in jetliner scare
Captain Bryce E. McCormick, who safely landed a crippled American Airlines jet in Detroit, dismissed theories that a coffin shifted and opened a cargo hatch. He recalled a loud bang from a jammed rudder pedal and said turbulence could not move a 331 pound coffin. He spoke after arriving at Los Angeles Airport, noting the crew kept passengers safe during the explosive decompression, then joked about the Canadian skis.
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