FBI: No indication plane crash was terrorism

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/15/09 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and FBI officials say there's no indication that a plane crash in New York City was terrorism.

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.. Early indications from government officials was that the plane was disabled after striking birds.

[tvdog12345]

The problem is that the FBI always says this .... I think it would make people less suspicious if they just said nothing.

[garyb]

Like, we can't really know if it was a bird, a flock of birds, or an explosive in that engine until the plane is raised and examined in detail by competent forensic analysts.

Not even then, if the President does not want it to be terrorism, or a missile with a dummy warhead aimed at a nearby drone, while he is running for re-election.

[Peter Horry]

Post 4

I was wondering if anyone saw an ultra lite plane with a basket of poultry feed. I am thankful that a tragedy did not occur and there can be a little levity.

[BohDaThone]

If it is a true statement: “We have no indication that . . . .” why shouldn’t they say it? it doesn’t mean they don’t invetigate; it doesn’t mean they will ignore semetx traces — or goose traces — it just means what they know so far. People always seem to want to read it as “WE SWEAR IT’S NOT TERRORISM” — and that’s just not what they said.

[Hoffer Rand]

God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly...

[ANGGAPO]

A Goose in the intake will ruin your day.

[Vendome]

How is it these can proclaim there is no indication of terrorism when it takes a full year or more to complete an investigation?

Moreover, have they inspected the plane, “Thoroughly?

I doubt it.

[Chode]

The US Federal Aviation Administration has a unique device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. The device is a gun that launches a dead chicken at a plane's windshield at approximately the speed the plane flies.

The theory is that if the windshield doesn't crack from the carcass impact, it'll survive a real collision with a bird during flight.

It seems the British were very interested in this and wanted to test a windshield on a brand new, speedy locomotive they're developing.

They borrowed FAA's chicken launcher, loaded the chicken and fired.

The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, broke the engineer's chair and embedded itself in the back wall of the engine's cab. The British were stunned and asked the FAA to recheck the test to see if everything was done correctly.

The FAA reviewed the test thoroughly and had one recommendation:

"Use a thawed chicken."

[Lazamataz]

Al Qaeda, no.

Al Quacda.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

lol ....

[MartinStyles]

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. "

One of the funnest WKRP shows ever.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OS2pwrZTI

[Prophet in the wilderness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mthiIOhCUSE&feature=related

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, broke the engineer's chair and embedded itself in the back wall of the engine's cab. The British were stunned and asked the FAA to recheck the test to see if everything was done correctly. "

Wished we could have seen the look on the Brits faces when this test took place.

[muawiyah]

But we know that’s what they mean. Don’t let the FBI trick you again!

[Chode]

ooops...

[ANGGAPO]

Was just reading your story about the frozen chicken and the Britt windshield. Way back in time before windshields were tested, a friend was driving a DC-3 (165 mph) when he hit a duck with his windshield. He ducked, no pun intended, and the duck took out the windshield went almost through the bulkhead behind him.