Posted on 11/12/2001 7:06:29 AM PST by dep
CNN quotes the White House, to wit: The FBI believes there was an explosion aboard the American Airlines A-300 which crashed this morning in Queens, NY. They are investigating in an attempt to learn the source of the explosion.
I do believe that the two destroyers USS MADDOX and C. TURNER JOY did encroach on North Vietnams territorial waters to provoke something. Considering who was in power in the Oval Office those days, anything is possible.
That being said, I still don't think this aircrash is terrorist activity. It doesn't make any sense. Why only a small residential area? And this crap about stinger missiles ... is just that ... CRAP!
The point being, there are entirely too many fear mongers running amok on here, whipping people into a frenzy. When they succeed, they allow the terrorists to win.
I refuse to buy into fear. I will live my life on my terms, no one else's. I will wait patiently for the facts to emerge, then if it is proven to be terrorist related, then I will allow myself to be angry. This one appears to be an aircraft that just had a catastrophic mechanical failure. Many things will make an engine catch fire and explode, not just a bomb.
Just a few days ago, I posted on another thread about an airline mechanic that called into a Christian talkshow I was listening to. He was up in arms because more than half of his co-workers were ME's...barely spoke any English...and there was no supervision or security in their bay area. The ME's had full run of the interior and exterior of all the aircraft being serviced. He didn't say what airport he worked at, but acknowledged it was one of our biggest. Isn't this just TOO special?
My bet is that a small missile launcher took it from the ground. I became convinced that TWA800 was hit by a small missile launcher when I witnessed the Taliban showing off their "personal missile launchers" before the war escalated. I can see how easily it would be to bring those into this country. They could have been transported by car, van, boat or small plane.
Since the wing is a fuel tank it would probably explode in many pieces and be hard to identify, an engine on the other hand probably gets expelled intact for the most part, at least until it hits the ground.
"Bill Mulcahy is a non-pilot who lived in Rockaway (Rockaway Beach?). He was convinced (and incensed) that the the FAA purposely arranged JFK and LaGuardia arrival and departure patterns to dump the noise over working class communities such as his for the benefit of more affluent areas.
He showed up here in Avsig in '93 and '94 seeking information for his crusade to force 10pm-7am curfews at JFK & LaGuardia. He allegedly helped organize the neighborhoods in this endeavor, including the creation of public access TV shows presenting his case. During the process he discovered the JFK bird risk and went a bit off the deep end trying to make the case for closing runway 22R based on that issue. He was so repetitively personally abusive in all his harangues here that he was finally excluded from the forum.
FYI.
I'm figuring if that were to be allowed to happen.....the Airline Industry, as we have today, would become a page of airborne history....
....just a thought....
"THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE RAMP, WHO ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE USA"
You are Correct, Sir.
That was proven, about 3 weeks ago, by the local CBS afiliate rite cheer in Moosick City, Tennessee...
The Fact that everyone had such Easy Access to/thru the gate (complete with sleeping guard) assured that no one will ever be able to trust the Airline Industry - as it is at this time....
Back to physics 101! Light takes approximately 107 microseconds to travel 20 miles. So it is 100x more instantaneous (or the speed is 100x more infinite) than you thought ...
I too hold and A&P and work for An Airline. We have to most diverse workplace on the planet. Say one thing that offends somebody, and find one's self on the outside looking in. I get along treat with everyone, but if I could - I would hang the bastard who decided how to define "security" in our industry.
If there's not a saboteur at JFK and a cover-up in the US Government investigations of TWA800, Egypt Air, Swissair, and now AA; I'll kiss your ass on main street!
Um, that list is ALPHABETIC. The Airbus 300 is first on the list because it's first alphabetically, not because it's 'first' in air disasters.
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