Close Call

As a Delta Air Lines jet was flying over Arizona on a
clear day, the copilot was providing his passengers
with a running commentary about landmarks over the PA
system.

"Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor
Crater, which is a major tourist attraction in
northern Arizona. It was formed when a lump of nickel
and iron, roughly 150 feet in diameter and weighing
300,000 tons, struck the earth at about 40,000 miles
an hour, scattering white-hot debris for miles in
every direction.

The hole measures nearly a mile across and is 570 feet
deep."

From the cabin, a blonde passenger was heard to
exclaim,

"Wow! It just missed the highway!"