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Cabbie flung into bay

A cab driver has been in a coma after his taxi was flung into Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay by the jet blast of an airliner preparing to depart from the city's airport. The driver was thrown out of the car and fell on the rocks. He has a broken skull and thorax, and is in a coma. The car was destroyed.

Aviation experts said the so-called blast effect was normal for big jets gearing up for takeoff, comparing its force to that of Hurricane Pauline that devastated southern Mexico in 1997.

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MANDIRA MODDIE

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