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- We're still attached.
- Seventeen.

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- Platform, couplings are jammed.
- Fifteen.

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Fourteen.

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Don't be alarmed. It's absolutely normal.

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We're still attached.
Couplings are non-responsive.

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- Nine, eight...
- Houston, can you do a remote override?

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...seven...

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- Remote override is unresponsive.
...six, five...

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- I repeat, remote override is unresponsive.
...four, three...

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And if you're lucky, you may hear
the faint pop of the sonic boom.

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- Houston, we have ignition.
- Roger, ignition.

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- This is Python 21, she's pulling away.
- Okay, all flight control is on the...

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This is not a drill.
Clear nonessential personnel.

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Switch to emergency band frequencies.

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Warning, warning.

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Oh, no! Oh, no!

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Can I get a little help?

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This is UPV breaking news.
From Washington, Frank Jacobs.

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We've just received word...

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...that the inaugural flight
of the Genesis space shuttle...

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...is experiencing a midair emergency.

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- a problem with the launch
of the new orbital shuttle, Genesis.

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The reports are telling us
the shuttle failed to disengage...

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...sending both crafts
rocketing towards space.

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We're now going live to Cape Canaveral
for the latest update on this story.

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Jim, all we know right now...

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...is that the couplings
which hold the shuttle to the 777...

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...malfunctioned
and did not release as planned.

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- We're uncertain...
- I should do...

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...why the ignition sequence
continued and boosters fired.

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However, there's speculation here
that the blackout, which...

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Help me sit up.

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Mach one.
Still tied to the shuttle at 42,000 feet.

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- Houston, we need some help. Houston!
- Running diagnostics check. Stand by.

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Insertion booster ignition in five seconds.

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Warning, warning.

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What the hell is that?

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There's some kind of unidentified bogey
coming from the north.

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- Roger that.
- And it's coming in fast.

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Declaring an emergency.

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Overspeed, overspeed.

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Altitude...

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Do you see that?

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Fly up, fly up.

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Is everyone all right?

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Are you okay?

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Well, I hope this experience
hasn't put any of you off flying.

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Statistically speaking,
it's still the safest way to travel.

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Superman! Superman! Superman!

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Superman!