Posted on 03/15/2014 1:24:00 AM PDT by Nextrush
Does anyone think that the Maldives are a possible landing site? They’re in range and Muslim. They would be a good launching point to head for Israel, too. Passengers are likely dead from the ascent to 45,000—that would be another indication that this was very carefully planned.
Much easier to hijack a jet in the Middle East seeing as their security is not that great.
The only thing that came off was a couple of feet of horizontal stabilizer. It was back in service a week later. I have always wanted to see a computer generated re-enactment of how the plane was flown. That must have been some ride. The pilot, wounded as he was, flew it like a fighter jet, like the ones he flew in the service. To fly a fully loaded DC-10 like a F-16 was one hell of a job.
It never seizes to amaze me how modern technology works, but in the end, too destroy peoples lives.
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