U.S. Vice President Al Gore, left, meets with Faeroe Islands Prime Minister Joannes Eidesgaard, right, at Tinganes, Faeroe Islands, Monday, April 7, 2008. An airline official says a plane carrying former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and dozens of other passengers was forced to abandon takeoff because of an engine failure in Denmark. Atlantic Airways Chief Financial Officer Marius Davidsen says the jet was taxiing toward the runway at Copenhagen airport on Sunday evening when the cockpit equipment indicated a problem with one of the engines. He says Monday all 85 passengers, including Gore, were transferred to another plane, which took off without incident. Atlantic Airways said the plane arrived in the Faeroe Islands with a three-hour delay.


U.S. Vice President Al Gore, left, looks at a book held by Faeroe Islands Prime Minister Joannes Eidesgaard, right, at Tinganes, Faeroe Islands, Monday, April 7, 2008. An airline official says a plane carrying former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and dozens of other passengers was forced to abandon takeoff because of an engine failure in Denmark. Atlantic Airways Chief Financial Officer Marius Davidsen says the jet was taxiing toward the runway at Copenhagen airport on Sunday evening when the cockpit equipment indicated a problem with one of the engines. He says Monday all 85 passengers, including Gore, were transferred to another plane, which took off without incident. Atlantic Airways said the plane arrived in the Faeroe Islands with a three-hour delay.

:o My heart dropped there for a minute when reading about the engine problem with the plane. So glad to know that Gore and the other passengers did not take off on that plane and got on another plane. It's just a reminder of the risks Gore takes by traveling so much to get the word out on global warming. I have so much respect for that man. :rolleyes: