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(Metrojet) Flight 7K9268 Broke Into Pieces Midair, Too Early to Determine Cause
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| 11-1-2015
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Posted on 11/01/2015 7:08:41 AM PST by tcrlaf
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No Mayday, reports about the crew calling in a "Technical fault" are apparently false. Sudden and catastrophic failure.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:08:42 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:10:35 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: tcrlaf
Right now, smart money is on the tail blowing off.
Whether from mechanical failure due to a poorly repaired tail strike and metal fatigue, or a bomb remains an open question.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:11:44 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
To: tcrlaf
Too many cycles (a cycle is one take off and one landing)? Weak air frame gave in from too many pressurization’s? Most airlines retire planes that have above 90,000 cycles or more.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:11:59 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: BenLurkin
Probably a little bomb on board.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:12:17 AM PST
by
dforest
To: null and void
To: tcrlaf
So maybe there are now only 399 surface-to-air missiles missing from Benghazi?
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:13:47 AM PST
by
Sooth2222
("In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve." - Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859))
To: tcrlaf
I think Sandy Burger has already concluded that it was a spark in a fully loaded fuel tank.
To: Sooth2222
MANPADs and Stingers can’t reach that altitude of 33K.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:17:35 AM PST
by
mazda77
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:19:08 AM PST
by
USNBandit
(Sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
We shall see where the data leads.
We know the plane had a tail strike.
We know that at least two other commercial airlines had a rear bulkhead failure following a tail strike and inadequate repair.
We know the Russians utterly suck at maintenance.
Still, I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised were it a bomb. 10:1? I give it 50:50.
With a sidebar that if it serves Russia’s proaganda goals, it will be reported as a bomb.
Remember the Maine!
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:19:14 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
To: tcrlaf
Probably the dreaded “center fuel tank” scenario...just sayin’.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:20:57 AM PST
by
FrankR
(You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
To: null and void
I give it 50:50. Me too.
After all, it was a Russian aircraft.
You couldn't get me on one.
To: mazda77
MANPADs and Stingers can't reach that altitude of 33K. MANPADs and Stingers can't reach that altitude of 33K FROM THE GROUND.
From an ultralight or mounted on a Piper Cub? Maybe.
Also, some of the data indicates it was still climbing to it's cruise altitude, not yet at 33,000 ft.
I wouldn't totally rule out a MANPAD just yet.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:23:11 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
To: EternalVigilance
I thought the Airbus A-321 was of recent vintage.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:23:39 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: EternalVigilance
After all, it was a Russian aircraft. You couldn't get me on one.
Heck, it's hard enough to get me to subject myself to the TSA to get onto an American carrier!
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:25:08 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
It could be a brand new Boeing, but if it was operated by Russians, you couldn’t get me on it.
To: null and void
I hear ya.
Fact is, I haven’t been on any aircraft for years now, and have no intention of starting any time soon.
lol...
To: null and void
We never know until we see what was in Sandy Berger’s socks.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:32:49 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
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