Posted on 08/22/2006 6:02:05 AM PDT by janetjanet998
wreckage found in the Ukraine
just saw that on fox...
I'll start the ball rolling and blame Iran and IslamoFascists.
MSNBC saying the plane was on it's way back from the Black Sea area when the crew sent out an SOS.
AP:
Russians fear passenger jet has crashed 4 minutes ago
MOSCOW - A Russian passenger jet with 170 people aboard disappeared from radar screens over Ukraine and probably crashed, an emergency official said. The RIA-Novosti news agency reported that wreckage was found on the ground in Ukraine.
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The plane, on its way from the Black Sea resort of Anapa to St. Petersburg, disappeared from radar screens, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Stadnikova said.
The plane reportedly had sent a distress message.
August 22nd Mooselimb festivities begin?
The Islamofascists aren't stupid enough to mess with the Russians...are they??
Methodists again?
Yes. They are.
Apparently there was a "mayday" before the plane went down so I'm guessing it was a mechanical failure of some sort.
Mmmm. Egyptian train crashes. Russian plane goes down. Karma for aiding/arming Hezbos against Israel? I'm just sayin...
Next to China, North Korea, and France, Russia is IslamoFascists best friend.
The ministry said helicopters circling the site about 45 km (30 miles) north of the regional town of Donetsk saw the Tu-154 in flames. Russia's Emergencies Ministry said 160 passengers and 10 crew were aboard the aircraft belonging to Pulkovo Airlines. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-08-22T125826Z_01_L22157417_RTRUKOC_0_US-UKRAINE-CRASH.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
add to the list a potential terror attack at an Indian nuke plant, just reported on Fox
Yeah....planes that go BOOM don't normally have the luxery of time to call anyone.
And the Iranians firing on a Romanian oil rig.
My van had trouble starting this morning. I'm blaming Iran.
Well, they recently killed some of their Iraqi diplomats, the Beslan massacre, Chechyan rebels fighting there...so I think they are.
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