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Passenger Plane Crash in Queens NYC!
Fox News ^

Posted on 11/12/2001 5:30:38 AM PST by Attila_the_Hun

AA Passenger plane has crashed in Queens, live video on Fox News... Developing!


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aaflight587; flight587; harbour
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To: Attila_the_Hun
266 passengers maximum.
Fire reported on the left side of the airplane
Sabotage?
201 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:14 AM PST by Elenya
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To: mwl1
"Sounds like mechanical failure to me, and this will be the end of American Airlines. If this is the best their mechanics can do, they deserve to be shut down"

Whoa!, that's a leap of faith......We're at war with terrorists that use commercial airlines as weapons and your first guess is mechanical failure????

This occurred in near perfect weather conditions with no mayday call.....Ohhhhh pleasse....

NeverGore

202 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:16 AM PST by nevergore
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To: areafiftyone
They're saying flight was leaving JFK going to the Dominican Republic.
203 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:18 AM PST by am_carr
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To: F-117A
CNN - 246 passengers, 9 crew on board.
204 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:28 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
Exactly, Also, he had no good stall or AOA indication, with the wing misconfigured, etc.

"Lower the nose and live!"

205 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:35 AM PST by MindBender26
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To: Blueflag
It was in Chicago, not Detroit. In that case, the maintenance team in Tulsa, OK made errors in replacing the engine onto the wing after working on it. A matter of a few centimeters threw off the entire balance, cracked the bearings, and two flights later, the engine fell off. The plane never got more than 500 feet off the ground and crashed just past the airport (within a few hundred yards). This plane would have rolled and nosedived if the engine came off, and it would have likely happened at the moment of takeoff when the greatest amount of stress is placed on those engines.

And besides, those engines won't fall off now. They were re-designed to avoid catastrophic dismemberment from the wing.

Whatever. Fox said there were no initial mechanical problems reported from the cockpit. Call it "PANIC!!!", but it's also newsworthy.

206 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:44 AM PST by Dirk McQuickly
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To: Blueflag
Why was there no distress signal? Sounds like the explosion was a bomb.
207 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:46 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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To: jjbrouwer
You are correct. I have people living in that area too. Hope everyone you know are safe. Thank you for your post
208 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:49 AM PST by GodBlessUSA
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To: lawdude
The chances of it being terrorist driven are *not* slim.

BTW, it's an outgoing flight, fueled for trip to Santo Domingo.

209 posted on 11/12/2001 6:04:57 AM PST by SarahW
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To: lawdude
The chances of it being terrorist driven are *not* slim.

BTW, it's an outgoing flight, fueled for trip to Santo Domingo.

210 posted on 11/12/2001 6:05:03 AM PST by SarahW
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To: Ironword
Belle Harbor about 5 miles from Breezy Point. And, taking off from JFK, the plane would have come above her head and to her right as she looks east toward the crash site.
211 posted on 11/12/2001 6:05:10 AM PST by Pharmboy
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To: lawdude
This looks like a SAM. Too many coincedences. "George, let's warm up the ICBMs in the bullpen."
212 posted on 11/12/2001 6:05:10 AM PST by mlbford
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To: Ol' Sox
A SCHOOL AND A CHURCH NEAR CRASH LOCATION!
213 posted on 11/12/2001 6:05:25 AM PST by SusanUSA
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To: MindBender26
"Exactly, listen, do not post."

Thank you for saying so.

One step at a time . . .

214 posted on 11/12/2001 6:05:30 AM PST by Harp
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To: Attila_the_Hun
246 passengers on board and 9 crew members. What a horror!
215 posted on 11/12/2001 6:05:30 AM PST by areafiftyone
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To: Attila_the_Hun
ABC news interviewing eyewitness named Jackie Powers. She said there was an explosion where the wing meets the fuselage, underneath. What does this mean?
216 posted on 11/12/2001 6:05:35 AM PST by sneakers
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To: Attila_the_Hun
How soon after a crash will the FAA tell us about communication from the cockpit prior to crash? Any FAA Freeper experts? Also, if an engine fell off, wouldn't we be told that pretty quickly?
217 posted on 11/12/2001 6:06:24 AM PST by gopwhit
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To: Attila_the_Hun
According to http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ One eye witness says debris was falling from the sky.
That sounds like they may have had an on-board bomb.
218 posted on 11/12/2001 6:06:35 AM PST by byTheirCreator
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To: anniegetyourgun
More than 30 children in this neighborhood lost a parent on 9/11.

My heart just sank right into the pit of my stomach.... as if these poor children haven't had enough...........

219 posted on 11/12/2001 6:06:45 AM PST by usconservative
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To: MindBender26
There are apparently two crash sites, one where the engine hit, one where the rest of the plane hit.

If true, this clearly points towards terrorism.

220 posted on 11/12/2001 6:07:06 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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