Posted on 06/12/2009 11:58:10 AM PDT by luckybogey
the thing broke up in the air.
it was a bomb for goodness sakes
Ping.
This still supports the theory of terrorism.
Not necessarily - overspeed will cause a breakup. Happened to one of the corporate jets for the company I was working for in the 70's - autopilot failure plane went too fast and broke up in midair.
Good Lord, what a way to go.
Pan Am Flight 103, Redeux?
they were saying this plane was going too slow and now too fast?
One question. Why hasn’t any terrorist organization jumped at the chance to claim credit for the crash. It’s what they do, even when they really haven’t caused it.
They didn’t drown thanks airbus they just fell 30,000 feet screaming until passing out in a half-airbus
LOL I was just going to go and learn French real quick! Thanks for the translation.
In aviation, once a plane slows to a stall rate, the plane effectively plummets. In an aggravated stall, or a flat spin, significant stress will be placed on the aircraft and it's control surfaces. Jumbo jets are just not designed for this kind of stress. If the loss of attitudinal control was prolonged, it's reasonable to assume that the stress of the event could tear the plane apart.
What does this have to do with anything? You stated that it was a bomb. I stated that it was not necessarily a bomb and gave you an example of where a jet broke up in midair without a bomb. Not every bad thing that happens is the result of terrorists. sh!t happens. You want a tinfoil hat, you can borrow mine. I'm not wearing it today.
I don’t know that we know for sure someone hasn’t. Like you, I think they do whether they caused it or not, so I suspect someone has said they did it, even if they didn’t. And, the fact that no one has claimed responsibility doesn’t mean no one did it, since they will do whatever suits their purposes and there might be reasons to keep their mouths shut for now.
On the other hand, I do think it sounds like something other than a bomb. I’m just trying to keep an open mind until we have all of the info we can get.
Now stop asking that question and implying terrorists always take credit for terrorist acts.
Don’t speculate. All depends on location of where these particular passengers where sitting at the time of the “event”.
Thank you very much for the English Translation.
People died before they ever hit the water. They had multiple fractures to the to the upper and lower limbs and pelvis. With no burns to the almost naked bodies, the plane didn’t explode.
This is a real mystery.
I had no idea the wind could strip their clothes off. God bless them, it must have been terrifying, I hope they were not conscious very long.
White House COS, Ram inUSwell, called all terror supporting nations and told them “we now it was terrorism”, but don’t let anyone claim credit. It will make Barack look like shi’ite after his speech in Cairo. We will just say we can’t get to the black boxes and the weather was awful.
I'm afraid I must disagree. Given that the 16 bodies inspected so far show no signs of burns nor (apparently) any other signs of an explosion, obviously indicates that a bomb must have gone off.... (/shifty-eyed conspiracy theorist)
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