Just damn.
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Posted on 02/03/2005 7:58:42 PM PST by rdl6989
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan passenger jet with more than 100 people on board was missing after it failed to land at the Kabul airport, a company official said Friday.
The Kam Air (search) Boeing 737 took off Thursday afternoon from the western city of Herat bound for the capital, Kabul, but was unable to land because of bad weather, said Feda Mohammed Fedayi, the airline's deputy director
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Here't goes... May God be with them. One Airliner attack a decade is enough, if not too many. Please God, just let this be the super-anitquated technology in Afghanistan.
"Fedayi said the plane was diverted to an airport in Pakistan, possibly Peshawar (search), but that the company had no word on whether it landed safely."
? Did they call anyone?
Just damn.
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Oh God,
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“It was given clearance to land, but it never arrived,” Kamgar said. “Lahore airport earlier reported to us that it had landed in Peshawar, then when we contacted Peshawar they told us it had not landed.”
A U.S. military spokesman said the plane had been reported missing to them. It had not landed at any U.S.-led coalition airfields in Afghanistan.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6910281/
Oh Lord.
It's possible that terrorism may be involved, but . . . weather bad enough to divert a flight, mountains, and primitive navigation aids is a combination that can cause a crash without any human intervention whatsoever.
Most likely a Boeing 737-200.
Damn
Or it has landed elsewhere.
I am thinking weather due to the reference to bad weather, but fear terrorism.
Rugged terrain.
No sign yet of terrorism.
My gut feeling says that terrorism wasn't involved.
Based on what we know right now, weather was poor, aircraft diverted, the odds are it was not terrorism but we'll have to wait and see before knowing for sure.
What primitive navigation aides? You can buy a GPS at radio shack. You thing somebody would buy a 737 and can't afford the GPS?
Mee too.
I am into the "terrain" and perhaps some lousy weather.
Agreed. Weather looks to be the main thing here.
CNN still doesn't have it yet. No surprises there.
GPS is not a cure-all in areas where the charts are not up to date. In fact, it can get you dead in a hurry if you depend on it.
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