"Eyewitness account from Rockaway, Queens, broadcast on WINS radio, NY: Plane coming in for landing, explosion on one of the interior jet engines, debris fell from plane, plane began a spiral descent."
Explosion? possibly a missle attack?
76 posted on 11/12/2001 5:47:09 AM PST by itsinthebag
A missile hitting a wing mounted engine would have ignited the fuel tanks in the wing and destroyed the aircraft in the air. So far, eyewitness accounts say that the plane did not explode in mid-air.