Posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:47 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
By Patrick Markey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A JetBlue Airways pilot waiting for take-off at John F. Kennedy International Airport saw the American Airlines flight that crashed on Monday as it fell from the sky accompanied by smoke and a smaller piece of the aircraft, according to an internal report.
The pilot told the JetBlue officials that in its final moments American Airlines Flight 587 appeared to be in a very steep descent, falling nose down at about 80 degrees in a spiral dive.
Before it exploded on impact, the aircraft was accompanied by the smaller piece above and to the right or southwest of the smoke trailing behind the main body, according to the internal JetBlue report provided to Reuters.
The investigation into Monday's crash has become centered on the Airbus A300's tail fin and rudder that separated from the plane before it crashed killing up to 265 people, including casualties on the ground.
Investigators recovered the tail fin of the aircraft from Jamaica Bay.
Preliminary flight data released on Thursday showed the aircraft, operated by AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, was buffeted twice by turbulence in its final moments before beginning a sharp downward turn to the left.
Safety investigators said the turn occurred even as the pilots' controls were set to the right, suggesting the plane was no longer responding to pilot commands.
Investigators are still examining and comparing information from the aircraft's black box and its flight data recorder to piece together a clearer picture of what happened.
What is more likely....
1) The Port Side Engine seperating....
..or..
2) The Port Side Wing seperating.......as was reported by many eyes on the skies....
.......just curious.....
BOTH engines come off and land in different locations. The vertical fin separates cleanly from the aircraft. I ain't buyin the wake turbulence explanation as the sole cause of this crash either!
Now is this the Debka of the "15,000 Chinese fighting alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan" claim? To call Debka a "highly accurate source" of information is stretching all bounds of credibility. You might want to reconsider that.
But it is, not that it will stop them though.
during the "Pataki theory" thread, it was discovered that Airbus 300-600 was incapable of a fuel dump. The fuel "somehow" managed to get into the water some other way.
The "popping" sound could be the compressor on one of the engines stalling. In a spiral, the engine inside the spiral will tend to stall out.
This will also cause a flame and smoke to issue from the back of the engine, as the fuel just burns like it was inside a barrel.
I hope this is a joke, because it's really funny.
Yes they were. Airbus is a quasi-governmental European airplane builder(France, England, Germany, and Spain).
This plane(A300) was built in France.
When the Captain tried to make the drastic maneuvers necessary to regain a semblance of control,
the French computer overrode him.
<TINNYCOMPUTERVOICEWITHFRENCHACCENT>
Silly American pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, son of a silly person!
Ah blow my nose at you! Ah fart in your general direction!
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
</TINNYCOMPUTERVOICEWITHFRENCHACCENT>
(Cows, other livestock, and a large wooden rabbit were also seen falling from the plane as it went down.)
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/2001/AA587/tailcomp.htm
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