[dawn53]

American Airlines had better start hoping they find terrorism as the cause.

Damage that wasn't detected for 7 years seems alot worse for business than a terrorist attack.

[anniegetyourgun]

For the life of me, I don't understand the need for this to be terrorism. So the airline wasn't doing their job - isn't it better to know this? So people don't fly Airbus anymore - is that so bad? So we find that AA has a bad maintenance staff - wouldn't it be good to expose that?

Let's keep air travel deaths in perspective here. 587 took the equivalent of two days of traffic fatalities in this country. If this is determined to be an accident (and I'm still waiting for the final report), does that mean you will never fly again? Does it change the fact that air travel is still safer than your car?

[chemainus]

All of this many years ago turbulence stuff sounds like NTSB spin to me. Are we to assume the structure of this airplane was never maintained or examined ? I think not. Something is beginning to smell fishy here ...and the stench is coming from the favored hole in the ground, the NTSB. Lets see, birds crashed it, turbine blades separated, engine pilons were weak and fell off, fuel system ignited accidentally, engine was on fire before it took off, engine fell off and caused a yaw, now turbulence seven years ago caused it........anyone smell BULL ??

[Lady GOP]

This has never happened to a plane before. They are going to try to snowball people into this.

[HamiltonJay]

There have been numerous crashes that have been caused by cracks, or defects some that went all the way back to manufacture and were not detected until after an accident. I know that many here want to jump on the terrorist bandwagon, but at this point drawing that conclusion is very much speculation.

[unending thunder]

Rough (very) translation of Nostradamus (Circa 1287 AD) From the medieaval French / Norman. Ver. 2 Bete Test

Verily did the big aluminium shiny box symbolising AA587 ( a magick Number) with many souls around ascend the high heavens and did the big wind blow the birds of the air into the power boxes. (Marginalia notes suggest that previous Big Bird much did roar and make the air tremble and shake) After this the pointing top fin fell off then, did the power boxes and then the whole thing fell from the sky whilst the people watched in amazement on this the Day of the Veterans..(See Codex Ikarus).. all this ion the time it taketh a skilled cook to boil an hen's fruit.

Great were the fires thereof as the men stood around in amazement in the land of the Queens and Kings

Verily did the men holding the box remain silent thereof unto the tower called air traffic control, as did the Princes and Kings. Men came forward and said these power boxes are bad and the JKF is verily known to have birds flying and that a bird from the Orient much precedeth with loud thunder .Much thereof, these things happeneth every day methinks.

This a great and unknown accident.Men of the Occident are unknown to cause these problems sayed Bomber Blair as he prayed for their souls, verily. Much wringing of hands and washing of brains followed.

Any who say different are part of VRWC and probably have been drinking from a stream, and have changed their appearance.

This is a big accident and the insurers will pay most heavily, unto the last groat thereof. For it is ordained this is an accident and not thereof a terror of man, be he bearded like the leopard, and fearsome to see who has blazing shooting stick whereof stinger missile to bring down big birds. Much made in the place called the land of the free and the home of the brave and sent all over the earth here, there and everywhere man have the gold, silver and precious jewels thereof to pay for them.

Much shall be made by the tellers of news and the printers thereof of this great event, just as when I foresaw, Hitlery and all she did bring. verily it is said to be true thereof.

Move along, nuthin' to see, got to the mall, buy a car, pump gas.