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As someone posted on another thread:

Following is a chronology of major airline crashes since 2001.

July 3, 2001 -- A Russian Tupolev-154 plane crashed near the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing 136 passengers and nine crew members on board.

Oct. 4, 2001 -- A Russian Tupolev-154 jet flying from Israel plunged into the Black Sea, killing all 78 on board, after it was hit by a stray Ukrainian missile during live-fire exercises in the Crimean peninsula.

Oct. 8, 2001 -- At least 114 people were killed when a Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) airliner and a small plane collided in heavy fog at Milan's Linate airport.

Nov. 12, 2001 -- An American Airlines Airbus A300 bound for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, crashed into New York's Queen's district minutes after take off, killing at least 265 people.

Jan. 28, 2002 -- A Boeing 727 belonging to Ecuadorian carrier TAME with 92 passengers and crew on board crashed into Colombia's Cumbal volcano, killing all on board.

Feb. 12, 2002 -- An Iran Air Tours TU-154 passenger plane flying from Tehran to Khorramabad crashed near the western city, killing all 119 people on board.

April 15, 2002 -- An Air China Boeing 767 passenger aircraft traveling from Beijing to Pusan in South Korea crashed into a mountain. Of the 166 on board 38 survived. It was Air China's first crash in nearly 50 years.

May 4, 2002 -- A Nigerian EAS Airlines' BAC 1-11-500 with 105 people on board crashed in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, killing at least 148 people.

May 7, 2002 -- A China Northern MD-82 jet fell into the sea off Dalian in northeast China, killing all 112 passengers and crew on board.

July 1, 2002 -- A Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev 154 passenger plane carrying Russian children to a holiday in Spain collided with a German cargo Boeing 757 near Lake Constance in southwestern Germany, killing 71 people, including 52 children.

Feb. 19, 2003 -- An Iranian military plane crashed near Kerman in southeastern Iran. Iran said all 276 soldiers and aircrew aboard were killed.

March 6, 2003 -- An Algerian flag carrier Boeing 737-200 crashed shortly after take-off from Tamanrasset airport, killing at least 102 passengers and crew.

May 26, 2003 -- An Ukrainian YK-42 passenger plane heading to Spain crashed near the Trabzon Airport in northeastern Turkey, killing 74, including 62 Spanish soldiers returning from their peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.

July 8, 2003 -- A Sudanese Boeing 737 crashed shortly after taking off from Port Sudan airport, killing 105 passengers and 11 crew members. The head of the Sudan's defense forces and at least seven foreigners were among the dead.

Dec. 25, 2003 -- A Boeing 727 owned by Union des Transports Africains (UTA) crashed en route Beirut over the coastal capital of Cotonou, Benin, with 151 passengers and 10 crew members on board. By the end of Dec. 31, the death toll has risen to 139.

Jan. 3, 2004 -- An Egyptian charter plane Boeing 737 crashed into the Red Sea early on Saturday shortly after taking off from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all the 135 passengers and six crew members aboard.

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I am finding the LACK of meaningful news coverage of this crash this morning (even on FoxNews) a sign that perhaps something is being hidden (terrorism). I saw this kind of thing before after Ft. 587, at OKC, and after other "accidents". This smells. I wonder how the French feel about this.

FoxNews just read all the news on the hour, and didn't even mention it. What's this about?

I'm smelling 'shoulder launcher'.

<< It was Air China's first crash in nearly 50 years. >>

In nearly 50 days maybe.

CAAC/"Air China" has one of the world's worst accident records having suffered more than a dozen recent major "total hull loss" accidents and contributing hugely to making chinese air travel more than eight times more dangerous that the world's average.

Accidents happen. I am just surprised that some of the wacko groups don't come forward to claim responibility (whether they are or not). If they are responsible for any, then it could be they are afraid of our retribution. Sort of like OBL, the Taliban, Saddam and the DNC were afraid to take credit for 911. Praise and Deny is what they thought would save thier behinds.