[cgbg]

planes crash all the time

I believe the statistic is that major airliners average two crashes a year.

So let us start the count since after September 11--I count one so far the first day in month 3.

Just a little bit ahead of schedule--oops, forgot that plane that crashed in Russia--remember the one where the Russians accused the Ukranians of shooting it down.

So, we now have had our supply of crashes for an average year in the last two months and one day.

Statistically impossible, no. But a couple of more "accidents" in the next few months would begin to get the attention of a statistician who didn't work for the government. ;-)

[nicmarlo]

This posted on Newsmax:

Mechanical Trouble Reported Before Take-Off

An American Airlines A-300 reported mechanical trouble while waiting to take off Monday morning, about an hour before it crashed just outside News York's JFK Airport.

AA Flight 587 was scheduled to take off at 8:00 a.m. but was held on the ground for an hour and fifteen minutes to repair an unidentified mechanical problem, a travel agent familiar with the flight told WABC Radio.

Additionally, a United Airlines pilot says he over-heard a radio report from Flight 587's pilot saying he was experiencing engine trouble before the plane exploded in mid-air over New York's Jamaica Bay.

The Bush administration has announced the FBI believes that Flight 587 did explode in mid-air and is working to determine the cause.