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SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN'S PLANE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION (COMING BACK FROM IRAQ LAST WEEK)
KFWB News ^ | 12/9/04

Posted on 12/09/2004 8:51:36 AM PST by areafiftyone

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 12.9.04, 8:10a -- Senator Dianne Feinstein is describing a harrowing experience during her visit to Iraq last week.

Feinstein told KCBS radio during take-off from Baghdad, the C-130 military transport plane she was a passenger on was forced to take evasive action because of a what may have been a missile attack.

The senator told the station that shortly after take-off, she could see light flashing through portholes on the side.

The pilot then began taking what Feinstein described as -- "extraordinary evasive action."

Feinstein says once the plane landed the pilot explained to her that there was no way to determine if the plane really came under a missile attack because once the warning system goes off, he automatically takes evasive action.

Feinstein says passengers on board were shaken up a bit, but she was not concerned after the first few moments.


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To: ops33

There are some buckets and bottles tho...


61 posted on 12/09/2004 9:44:46 AM PST by ApesForEvolution (You will NEVER convince me that Muhammadanism isn't a death cult that must end. Save your time...)
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To: areafiftyone

Joe Biden told the same story on Imus yesterday morning. Must have been on the same plane or they had the same talking point memo to show how we are losing in Iraq.


62 posted on 12/09/2004 9:45:28 AM PST by N. Theknow (Ladle gulls shut nod stopper torque wet strainers!)
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To: ops33

I had no idea! LOL that shows how much I know!


63 posted on 12/09/2004 9:46:18 AM PST by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: ops33

I thought they put a porta-potty in for brass/VIP.


64 posted on 12/09/2004 9:46:49 AM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: johnb838

Bite it troll.


65 posted on 12/09/2004 9:47:06 AM PST by xone
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To: Arrowhead1952
I question the claim that "she could see light flashing thorough portholes" on a C-130 shortly after takeoff. If I'm not mistaken, the maneuver during takeoffs in a combat area is called "Combat Extraction" which is standard procedure. The pilots take the aircraft into a 90 degree straight up climb and a very steep spiral ascent.

That's absolutely correct. And from where you sit on a C-130, you really can't see much out of the portholes.

Even commercial charter planes take off and land that way at BIAP (BGW).

I've seen light flashes on helicopters while flying from one base to another across Baghdad. They're common.

Di is just freaking out or just wants to be seen as a war hero. {Bwaaahahahahahaha!}

66 posted on 12/09/2004 9:47:19 AM PST by Allegra (11 days until I'm home!)
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To: MeanWestTexan
Don't you know the pilot did it just to knock Sen. Anti-Military around a bit?

I sure would have.

I don't think the pilot would have want to get dinged for expending all those flares and chaff if he didn't have an alarm.

So9

67 posted on 12/09/2004 9:51:18 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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To: areafiftyone
The senator told the station that shortly after take-off, she could see light flashing through portholes on the side.

No missle, Senator, just a spark in the central fuel tank. We'll get the Gov't to produce a cartoon to prove it to you!

/sarcasm

68 posted on 12/09/2004 9:51:29 AM PST by Ignatz (Strategic Air Command: Peace is our profession...........bombing's just a hobby!)
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To: Allegra
And from where you sit on a C-130, you really can't see much out of the portholes.

You almost have to be standing to see anything thru the portholes on a C-130. I have SERIOUS DOUBTS she was standing during takeoff, especially on a combat extraction takeoff. She just needed a few minutes of fame.

69 posted on 12/09/2004 9:53:33 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (New name for ACLU ---- TCLU = Terrorists Civil Liberties Union)
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To: areafiftyone

70 posted on 12/09/2004 10:00:41 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: Servant of the 9

I just read about evasive action --- no mention of chaff or flares.


71 posted on 12/09/2004 10:11:26 AM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: areafiftyone

Is this just Fineswine giving us the old liberal bs?


72 posted on 12/09/2004 10:13:02 AM PST by Chi-townChief
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To: Allegra

When my flight to Viet Nam got close to Bien Hoa airbase, the pilot came on the intercom and gave us a quick briefing about where we were and that we'd be landing shortly. He told us to buckle up and then gave a weather report. He said the temperature was unbearably hot and humid and that "there is light to scattered groundfire". This took a second or three to sink in. You could have heard a pin drop on that plane. Our landing pattern was quite an interesting ride too. Some things don't change all that much, do they?

Good luck to you in your next tour. My prayers will be with you and all your other brothers-in-arms.


73 posted on 12/09/2004 10:25:13 AM PST by miele man
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To: frog_jerk_2004
They should have thrown her out as chaff...

LOL

74 posted on 12/09/2004 10:31:31 AM PST by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: areafiftyone

Couldn't possibly be that the pilot was flying a prescribed evasive routine to avoid being targeted by ground fire as it departed Baghdad, could it?

Never fly straight and level in a warzone.

Too bad Feinswine didn't "accidently" fall off the open cargo door.


75 posted on 12/09/2004 10:39:06 AM PST by hattend (Christ is the reason for the season)
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To: technomage
Sorry, since this is a lib telling the story, and they cannot tell the truth about anything at all, I really question this story.

I hear she's asking Sen. J. F'n. Kerry for advice on how to parlay this into some Purple Hearts or a "Medal of Honor"...since she had to pick some rice from her in-flight meal out of her a$$...how inconvenient!

76 posted on 12/09/2004 10:54:52 AM PST by Itzlzha (The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote!)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Not on a C130, there's no room. The last time I flew on one was during the PGW. The crew chief had rigged up a toilet. It was a toilet seat strapped to a garbage can and lashed to the side of the aircraft. He also had a shower curtain that the person could pull around themselves for privacy. But because of the way the cargo hold was configured, the shower curtain only covered from the neck down when sitting. So any female who used this makeshift toilet whould have her head sticking up out of the shower curtain when she was sitting down!


77 posted on 12/09/2004 12:21:57 PM PST by ops33 (Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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To: areafiftyone

One would suspect this was a normal procedure (flares and a couple sharp turns) for any military aircraft taking off in a war zone while carrying congress people or any other potential "high value" targets.


78 posted on 12/09/2004 12:28:09 PM PST by katana
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To: ops33

Makes me thankful I took Delta took go to GWI (seriously, we had flight attendants and everything).


79 posted on 12/09/2004 12:31:00 PM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: areafiftyone

Dontcha just love how all these whiny Leftists who just hate GWB, hate the war and think absolutely nothing is going right in Iraq keep taking junkets to the place? Why Diane hasn't had this much excitement since Dan White killed the mayor of San Francisco, thereby making Diane the new mayor and launching her national political career. Maybe she thinks a little bit of evasive action in Iraq will help return her to the spotlight.


80 posted on 12/09/2004 12:37:51 PM PST by Wolfstar (Counting down the days to when the new White House puppy arrives.)
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