An aircraft loaded with passengers, suddenly lost contact with the control
tower, and a survey team was immediately dispatched to the location it was
last seen. When the team reached the co-ordinates, they found a very small
island. They set up equipment there and sent divers into the sea. There was
no trace of the aircraft, the passengers or the black box. As the team was
pondering over their next move, one of them looks at the one tree and spots
a monkey there, a luggage tag hanging around its neck. On checking the cargo
list, they found that a monkey had been booked on the plane. Being the only
trace left, they caught the monkey and took it back. The singularity of the
plane's total disappearance forced the team to train the monkey in sign
language, so that it could be questioned.
After extensive training, the monkey(M) was brought before an enquiry
commission(EC), with the trainer as interpreter(I).
EC: What time did the accident happen?
M : Taps its wrist, where the watch would be, puts out ten fingers
and then rests its cheek on hands held together.
I : Ten at night.
EC: What were the passengers doing?
M : Rests its cheek on hands held together.
I : Sleeping.
EC: What were the Airhostess doing?
M : Rests its cheek on hands held together.
I : Sleeping.
EC: The Pilot?
M : Rests its cheek on hands held together.
I : Sleeping.
EC: The Co-Pilot?
M : Rests its cheek on hands held together.
I : Sleeping.
Now the commission is deeply troubled. If every body was sleeping, the crash
must have been due to a failure in the Auto-Pilot. Then one person hits upon
the question . . .
EC: What were YOU doing, when everybody was sleeping?
M : Holds its arms straight out in front, about one foot apart,
tightly closes its fists as if gripping a wheel, leans forward
and says "Vrrroooommm".
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