[asb3pe]

Get over it - don't you remember the vertical stabilizer that was fished out of the lake?

It's pretty apparent it was a 'materials failure' (fatigue, design failure, etc) on that Airbus.

Yes, and I also remember that both engines dropped off the wings soon after the vertical stabilizer supposedly broke off first.

I suppose this was all coincidence, right? Or were the reports false?

Sorry, I've never bought the "jet wash" excuse for why the pilot was apparently doing what he is trained never to do, which is slam the rudder pedals left-right-left-right until the stabilizer breaks.

And *I* might be a neophyte, but I did converse with an aeronautical engineer soon after, he said that while it is indeed possible that the composite stabilizer could fail, it was a highly suspect crash, especially coming so soon after 9-11. Not that it will mean anything to you of course. In case you missed it, I will say it again - this is all my own opinion.

[LikeLight]

Anybody been on the big terror threat thread in the last few days?

A new graphic was posted (at least 24 hours before this crash) from a Jihadi website with a bloody hand rising out of Saudi Arabia with a map of the RED SEA area.

I'll find the link. It's too coincidental for me.

Just like the calendar that came out before 911 with the plane going down in NYC.

One Moroccan tourist? Wonder what was in his luggage?

[SteveAustin]

I think both points of view on this thread are correct:

A)I think the 737 does have some design problems. Those are documented. Think of all the people (including ourselves) who make mistakes in our daily life. i.e. forget to lock the car door, forget to close the windows before a storm, forget to file a report at work, etc.

Now, think about all the guys who build, maintain and fly planes. Logical to think those guys are going to screw-up at times also, and fantastic accidents occur because of it. Maybe the mechanic just had a bitter fight with his wife before returning to his shift, etc.

B)Given that this was an Egyptian town, frequented by European tourists, Blair was or would be in the area, and no distress calls, and all the AQ "chatter" we hear about, you have to think terrorism is possibility #1 here. Stupid not to think otherwise.

[thesummerwind]

Not that it will mean anything to you of course. In case you missed it, I will say it again - this is all my own opinion.

Old Arlen doesn't want to hear anyone else's opinion.

He knows everything, and just is a name caller today - "conspiracist, conspiracist". He thinks if he says it long enough, you will go away ......... with your unwelcome opinion! He is not interested in a back and forth.