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!
Could mean a lot of things. Do not presume explosions.
I was on an MD-88 on a take off roll in Greenville, SC when the port engine went pop-pop-pop, bang bang bang. Scared the crap out of all of us. Seems a strong cross wind contributed to it, according to the pilot. He tried the same runway one more time (with cross wind, but longer length). Same result, not as bad. Then he changed runways without incident. Some fun.
Every plane I've ever piloted never came apart in flight!
This has all the earmarks of a terrorist bombing!
WE ARE AT WAR!
DETAIN ALL ARABS IN THIS COUNTRY! DEPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY!
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?????
NeverGore
Every plane I've ever piloted never came apart in flight!
This has all the earmarks of a terrorist bombing!
WE ARE AT WAR!
DETAIN ALL ARABS IN THIS COUNTRY ON VISAS! DEPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY!
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE?????
NeverGore
Hmmm...overcoming very stiff competition, I think we have a winner for "stupidest post in this thread so far."
One of the lessons of warfare is that it is infinitely harder to hit an airplane in the air with hand-aimed gunnery(no use of radar, automation) than you think.
Those planes flying over aren't as low as they look. The idea of someone being able to hit a specific part of a flying airliner with a rifle is simply comical.
I've said the same about ham sandwiches. For years!
The GOV/MEDIA complex has also been silent on THIS HORRIBLE HOG CONSPIRACY!
WHY THE SILENCE ABOUT THIS PORCINE KILLER!!!!!
WHAT DO THEY NOT WANT US TO KNOW??!!
Wing and "propellor" caught fire before crash ("Propellor" - LOL - that's one problem with eyewitness reports).
At least eight houses in 130s on fire, smoke was black, then white.
Wing landed at a gas station on 129th street.
A bomb with a barometric trigger would be more likely. It could be set to go off a few thousand feet above ground level, this ensuring the plane would go down in a populated area.
An American Airlines jetliner on its way to the Dominican Republic crashed moments after takeoff Monday in a residential neighborhood five miles from Kennedy Airport, authorities said. There was no immediate word on deaths or injuries.
Bill Schumann of the Federal Aviation Administration said there was no immediate indication of what caused the crash, which came two months after two hijacked airliners brought down the World Trade Center.
All metropolitan area airports -- Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark, N.J. -- were closed after the crash, which took place in the Rockaway section of Queens. All bridges and tunnels into the city were closed except to emergency vehicles.
Flight 587, an Airbus A300 that can hold 275 passengers, went down shortly after 9 a.m in the waterfront neighborhood 15 miles from Manhattan, setting buildings on fire. A plume of thick, black smoke could be seen miles away. There was no immediate word on the number of people aboard the plane.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said intelligence agencies, the FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration were reviewing all recent intelligence for any signs that terrorism was involved, but an hour after the crash there was no evidence pointing to an attack.
"They are comparing information to see if it provides any insight into what transpired. At this point, there's no indication of a terrorist attack, but it certainly can't be ruled out in the current environment," the official said.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani canceled his morning events and headed to the scene.
Planes were being diverted to other airports, and Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Peggy Estes said the airline was working to account for all its planes.
The plane had been scheduled to leave at 8 a.m. and arrive in Santo Domingo at 12:48 p.m.
One witness reported debris falling from sky and told the Fox News Channel four homes were on fire.
"All of the sudden, I see an engine fall off, and it went to the side, and in 10, 15 seconds it went down," witness Kevin O'Rourke told WABC-TV. "An engine fell off."
Witness Phyllis Paul heard the engine. "It was very, very loud. Because of what happened Sept. 11, it gave me a chill," she told CNN. "It was getting louder and louder and I looked out the window. I saw a piece of metal falling from the sky."
The World Trade Center was destroyed by two Boeing 767s hijacked out of Boston's Logan Airport. One of the planes was operated by American, the other by United.
My prayers go out to all the families that will be affected by today's tragedy.
How many flights have taken off since 9/11, tons. So the odds of you dying in air travel are still astronomically small.
Why do people think the UN could ever be a target? It's practically wall-to-wall terrorist sympathizers and criminals inside there. It's probably the safest building in New York.
They have a great St. Pattys day parade there every year.
The jerks on the radio and some on T.V. keep referring to the area as Far Rockaway, which is in the opposite direction and mostly African-American.
I went to High School there on Beach 112 St.
I am numb right now.
Agreed. I was responding to an inane "cosmic omens" post. Guess I should have put up a sarcasm tag. My own "mystic prediction": we will all receive BS emails about the numbers/locations/astrological signs/ Bible codes, etc involved in this latest tragedy.
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