I was watching the news the day this happened.
There was a video that someone was taking, at what looked like an outdoor bar, talking to someone at a drink table.
Over his shoulder you could clearly see a white line shoot up into the sky followed by an explosion at the top. It was a missile shoot-down. No one can tell me otherwise.
I worked midnight shift at the time so i was asleep until the next news cycle. By then they had hidden that video and the story changed to an explosion in the plane. I was very confused for days asking people if they had seen the missile hitting it video that I saw.
The story that a fuel tank spark set it off is bogus. Take a container of kerosene (otherwise known as jet fuel) and drop a match into it. Nothing will happen.
The story that a fuel tank spark set it off is bogus. Take a container of kerosene (otherwise known as jet fuel) and drop a match into it. Nothing will happen.
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The tank was almost empty and filled with fumes. It was also heated by ambient temperatures and the air conditioning packs below it.
As was I.
Does anyone else remember an animation shown on CNN that showed a small meteor striking the plane? Only saw it the once.
If you haven’t already, you should read Nelson DeMille’s book “Nightfall” which takes a fictional tilt at essentially the video you’re talking about (I think it was from a nearby motel rather than a bar, IIRC). It also happens to be an outstanding read
There was a video that someone was taking, at what looked like an outdoor bar, talking to someone at a drink table.
Over his shoulder you could clearly see a white line shoot up into the sky followed by an explosion at the top. It was a missile shoot-down. No one can tell me otherwise."
Mr G and I also saw that video. I believe it was from a wedding, with someone giving congrats to the happy couple. It was shown very shortly after news of the crash was released... that evening. We saw it once..... then it disappeared. We kept asking for days what happened to it? If we hadn't been together, we might have doubted what we saw, but it was clear as day.