Posted on 11/12/2001 5:30:38 AM PST by Attila_the_Hun
AA Passenger plane has crashed in Queens, live video on Fox News... Developing!
Any aircraft, theoretically, can be flow from the ground. Fly-by-wire has nothing to do with it.
There is every indication that there was no bomb and it is a rather (unfortunately) routine first stage impeller (fan) failure with penetration through the engine containment shroud into the spar, causing failure of spar, loss of wing, loss of control, impact with gound, loss of life.
I hate to use word shroud, as someone will start involving the Shroud of Turin.....
Through media reports quoting each other I could easily, almost EXPECT, the "FBI says there was an explosion on board" mutating into "FBI says there was a bomb on board."
Of course, to the loon moron conspiracy contigent, even the SLIGHTEST confusion or change in reported facts in the first few minutes after a complex event has occured is incontrovertible evidence of conspiracy or cover-up.
I will not accept that this was anything other than an fanatical Islamic terrorist attack. Just think back to the early video released by the Taliban where they told their fellow muslims to stay out of planes and tall buildings because more planes would fall from the sky. Think about the Iraqi television station that reported last week that something was planned for mid-November. They found a gap in security and they took advantage of it. While we were getting back to normal they just continued plotting against us.
I feel the same way, it's like a smack in the face. It just happens to be two months later, it just happens to be in the same area, it just happens to be an explosion, it just happens during a time of high alert...BUT NOOO, could be an accident - enough to make you scream "oh shut up already with the accident crap!" at the TV!
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American Airlines flight 587 from New York City to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic crashed shortly after take-off from John F. Kennedy airport on November 12, 2001, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said. The wide-body Airbus A-300 twin engine passenger jet crashed five miles from the airport in a residential area of Rockaway, in the Queens borough of New York City, said FAA spokesman William Shumann. (Michael Sales/Reuters Graphic) - Nov 12 10:50 AM ET |
Ridiculous. It could be done at the ticket counter, especially while you're waiting for your ticket to be processed. It can also be done once your bag is taken and put on that conveyor belt leaving the ticket area.
Barometric trigger would be the way to go. But it could be they have a reason for not liking or trusting barometric triggers. Plus the bomb may have been a rushed job and the bomb trigger only knew how to do it with a timer.
An airplane taken down by a terrorist will make up everyone take notice. If the plane falls into the water (the optimum) or crashes on land is secondary.
Through media reports quoting each other I could easily, almost EXPECT, the "FBI says there was an explosion on board" mutating into "FBI says there was a bomb on board."This is the most sane, logical reasoning for the analysis of data at any time of mass media "real-time" reporting. Me thinks you must be an old-timer.
Of course, to the loon moron conspiracy contigent, even the SLIGHTEST confusion or change in reported facts in the first few minutes after a complex event has occured is incontrovertible evidence of conspiracy or cover-up.
I have a friend who just got a gig with Lilly and moved to Indy. I'm going to visit him sometime soon. He went from manhattan to Indy. Culture shock, for sure.
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