[JohnHuang2]

Friday, September 5, 2003

Quote of the Day by randog

[John H K]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA....

So one of the TWA 800 kooks finally realized how weird it looked that they all said the Navy shot it down accidentally, and then they all, mysteriously and without explanation, decided a terrorist missle shot it down after 9/11, so he comes up with the "Navy shot it down while they were aiming at a plane trying to ram TWA 800."

Plausibility of that is simply laughable. There'd really be absolutely NO way to know that another plane INTENDED to ram TWA 800 at a range far enough away from 800 for anyone to even consider firing a STANDARD missle safely.

[Blueflag]

I forget the early details. Was there a small plane on a potential intercept course on ANY radar track - radar that painted the skin, and not just register the Mode C transponder replies?

Is there any evidence that another plane was trying to ram the plane?

Mid-airs are HARD to do on purpose -- harder than a good deflection shot. How would the Navy know that a rouge aircraft was pursuing an intercept with a civilian intercept, inform the authorities, get permission to fire and do so? ... all in the few minutes Flt 800 was in the air?

did we have prior knowledge of the intercept attempt?

This is an honest question set, not a tin-foil moment.

[RonF]

Time to dump that aluminum foil and get some lead sheathing.

[Waco]

In June 2000 TWA had a commercial on Atlanta radio about taking delivery on the 1st half of 250 new planes they were buying. Boeing engines, no doubt. I thought "payoff" at the time.

[EagleMamaMT]

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