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To: zert_28
"I really haven’t read enough about TWA 800 to form an opinion."

While it's by no means the central subject of the book, I would recommend Peter Lance's 1000 Years for Revenge."

He extensively discusses Philippine Airlines Flight 434 as a warm up act/rehearsal for the Bojinka plot driven primarily by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheik Mohammed. Curiously, "The seat where the bomb exploded (seat 26K) would normally be above the center wing fuel tank on an older Boeing 747 but on the SAS Version model of 747 the Seat 26K was two seats forward of the tank." A slightly more powerful explosive would have produced virtually identical dynamics to TWA 800.

26 posted on 07/18/2008 6:08:22 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Thanks, I’ll check it out.


29 posted on 07/18/2008 6:10:46 AM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: Joe 6-pack

“a warm up act/rehearsal for the Bojinka plot”

...as opposed to the BOHICA plot we’re currently experiencing with our presidential choices...

Colonel, USAFR


47 posted on 07/18/2008 6:34:48 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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