Rattling Heard in Last Minutes of Doomed Flight

Reuters ^ | 11/13/2001 | Reuters

[I'm_With_Orwell]

If your plane's engine had fallen off and the plane itself was plummeting to Earth, surely the pilots would pass more than a few comments about it!

When are these NTSB people going to be honest about this?

My sincere condolences to those who lost loved ones in this terrible incident.

[Texaggie79]

Jeez, can you imagine what it would be like to be a mechanic that worked on this flight before takeoff. I don't think I would be able to go back to work.

[bjs1779]

The only problem with turbulence is that the plane was in the safe margin of 4 miles out..

A whole lot of theories went down tonight with the engines intact an all.....

[DoughtyOne]

It's my bet that we didn't hear the last minute of this flight. Instead of thinking we're being held out on, it's my opinion that a catostrophic failure affected communications with the ground as well as the flight recorder. When things got out of control there should have been more comments. It seems to me they were cut off. Course that could be the result of us not receiving a full report. I'm not going that route yet.

[Nataku X]

The head-on car accident I was in, when a pickup was coming in my direction and I could fully see it, I didn't have any rational thoughts. All I could do was just scream my head off like an animal--no rational thoughts at all.

Probably they were so panicked they could not be coherent. Lots of unsaved people think that if they are in a similar situation, they can just cry out to Jesus and be saved then. Doesn't work out that way--Jesus or anything rational is not what on your mind--NOTHING is on your mind except pure animal horror

[bjs1779]

"THE STABELIZER LOOKED CLEAN AT THE BREAK LEADING ME TO CONCLUDE IT WAS TAMPERED WITH. (probably by an immigrant not properly watched by INS.)"

Yeah, probably some Arab or something up there with a sawsall. Maybe a Bob Villa type...

[goodnesswins]

"A whole lot of theories went down tonight with the engines intact an all....."

I had the same exact thought.

[Husker24]

Being that the transponder failed at 3000 feet, the plane probably lost power at that altitude and nothing further was recorded on the voice recorder.

[aviator]

Of course the airplane is going to rattle if pieces are falling off!

[Pharmboy]

Yeah--musta been a flock of seagulls...they were so sure about that one this morning. They don't even lie well...

[bjs1779]

"Yeah--musta been a flock of seagulls...they were so sure about that one this morning. They don't even lie well..."

Just think where we would be if only one plane hit the WTC and nobody was allowed to use their cell phones...

[TheLurkerX]

That's what I've said since the beginning. They'd still be saying 9/11 was an accident.

[TheLurkerX]

Wouldn't an 80's era modern rock band flying through restricted airspace be sort of suspicious?

[Lazamataz]

I am of the opinion that it was a spark in a faulty center fuel tank.

It's always a spark in a faulty center fuel tank.

[Pharmboy]

They were ok, but I preferred "Men at Work" meself, mate.

[bjs1779]

"That's what I've said since the beginning. They'd still be saying 9/11 was an accident."

I know. I still remember that after the 2nd plane hit that the news idiots thought that was an accident too.

[Henchman]

They forgot the third community's grief - the drug dealers. "The Columbians wholesale and the Dominicans retail." Probably some decent folks on the plane, but I'd bet the street vendors and related money launders are crying too. Do you really think "their community" can support three "Bodegas" and as many "Travel Agencies" per city BLOCK?

[Blacksheep]

Wasn't "I RAN" a big hit by A Flock od Seaguls? Tin Foil Hat Time!!!!!