Posted on 11/16/2001 1:09:13 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:29:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON -- Safety records show the American Airlines plane that crashed in New York was severely shaken by air turbulence seven years earlier in an episode that injured 47 people.
One possibility safety investigators are considering is that the Airbus A300 broke apart Monday after hitting turbulence from the plane taking off before it at Kennedy International Airport.
(Excerpt) Read more at bayarea.com ...
There have been a number of claims that turbulence could exceed the design limits of an plane (in controlled flight), and I thought yours was one of them.
I'll apologize again.... it was my mistake, not yours.
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