That being said, it's possible the plane was going faster if the speculation is true that the pilots were attempting an energency acceleration to stabilize the plane.
I'm just waiting for the facts.
Posted on 11/13/2001 1:05:28 PM PST by X-Servative
At the NTSB press conference, they just stated that both engines appear to be intact and that there are no signs of engine failure, according to George Black, NTSB Boardmember.
I was out saving the economy (what freeper ladies might know as "retail therapy") today and heard a few lady seniors saying they didn't believe it was 'just' an accident. They each thought either the gov't doesn't know yet or is keeping it to themselves so we'll go on about our business.
That being said, it's possible the plane was going faster if the speculation is true that the pilots were attempting an energency acceleration to stabilize the plane.
I'm just waiting for the facts.
Different ships, but yeah, a failure of the type this proposed AD seeks to guard against might have led to a flap of skin vibrating in the airstream, which could in turn have caused a stabilizer to flutter and fail... in theory.
The metallurgists will be able to tell us if this happened. If flutter causes a metal structure to fail it usually bends back and forth a lot, like bending a beer can to break it in two. If it failed because it was subjected to a single sudden overstress, it will be deformed in totally different ways. I suspect you know that, JJ (grin) but I am preaching to the bulk of the congregation here.
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On this board, all you need is a couple of dozen posters to say "In my mind it was a bomb.", and a few dozen more to answer "Damn right, and anyone that believes otherwise is an idiot.".
That appears to be all the evidence that is necessary to indict any non-conspiracy theorists as government shills.
So "they" would lie to save American Airlines? Not particularly compelling motivation since this (and all other) airlines are negatively impacted with any outcome of this investigation. But if you want to stick with that argument, the logical conclusion is that this administration would lie to the American people to save a single business. While I would believe that the last administration would lie to destroy a single business (MS), I have no indication from the last 10 months that Bush is that kind of man.
Regardless, if it is proved that this administration has lied to us over this incident (because they don't want us to know there are terrorists that we are at war with?) - I'll gladly admit that the president is the scum you are suggesting he is.
P.S. Don't bother with the attempts to unravel the NTSB from the President. You know as well as I do that it would take a coordinated conspiracy at ALL levels to pull off what you are suggesting.
That must be the old women that I saw diving into Jamaica Bay, and scouring the evidence at the crash site.
I'll be sure and factor their opinions into my thought process.
I see..."let the experts handle it," hunh? Well, listen: if you have the necessary IQ to be an informed democratic citizen, you can think for yourself. You don't have to let government officials who claim to have "more information" than you do it---you don't even have to have aviation experts do it for you.
For the last 36 hours, before the flames were extinguished, before the black boxes were found, I've heard that this was "just an accident," that there was some bird that flew into the engine, that there was "uncontained engine failure," that the pilot had dumped fuel, that there was nothing unusual heard in the cockpit before the crash. All from government officials or their spokesmen. All later shown to be false or unsubstantiated.
And maybe you don't remember, but 60 days ago there was an aviation disaster that was due to two airliners "mechanically failing" to fly through two skyscraper towers without blowing up and destroying the buildings. And the people who caused that "mechanical failure" have announced they expect some more.
So I guess we have to part ways on this, buddy. All the tiresome sarcasm you and your codependents can muster won't prevent me from examining what the government says about this disaster with a critical mind. If that means I'm a "tinfoil hat brigadier," then I've just bought stock in Alcoa, pal.
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