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[Peach]

After hearing that the plane had a light inspection the night before, my first thought was sabotage. Hope the maintenance crew has been interviewed carefully.

[atafak]

sabotage

is more likely...

[Robear]

The tail section fell in the water, yet the engines fell on land. Which would you suppose came off the plane first. I don't know the aerodynamics of a falling aircraft engine, but it sounds like the tail section came off first.

[chit*chat]

They are saying the voice recorder has the pilots stating there was an "air frame rattle." Somebody clue me in to what this is.

The aircraft structure is called an 'airframe' while the motor, transmission, etc is called the 'power plant'. So the pilots are referring to a vibration or unusual noise that eminated from the sheetmetal part of the aircraft. I suppose a stabilizer tearing away from the main body of the aircraft would make quite an unusual noise.

Fly BOEING - we build solid aircraft. Cheaper isn't better.

[is_is]

....so abdul the mechanic walks by the engine a sticks a couple of stick on automotive wheel weights to to the inside of the turbines....

[TheBigB]

I'm listenin', I'm listenin'...mind wide open...haven't seen anything -solid- yet that sez sabotage, but you never know...

[AAABEST]

Remember, both fell within 2 blocks of the crash site.

The thing that bugs me the most, is that the tail was found in Jamaica Bay. In other words the tail fell off first. Can anyone tell me how the hell that happend?

Under what circumstances would you find the tail falling off before the engines if it was "mechanical failure"?

This is not a conspiracy angle, it's an honest question.

[Jennifer in Florida]

After hearing that the plane had a light inspection the night before

Where did you hear this? I haven't heard this yet.

[Fiddlstix]

(Wish I could do that cool thing with colors that you do, classy. I like it.)

You mean like this?

sabatoge

J
God Bless

[HamiltonJay]

It just had an inspection the day before

This is not a guarantee that something was not wrong, or that while inspecting they didn't do something incorrect when reassembling.... hell repairs have been done to aircraft impropertly that caused accidents years after the fact.

[r9etb]

If this is correct, then it's down to a fuel tank problem (do these planes even have a center fuel tank?) or terrorism. I can't think of any other possibilities

I recall several years ago a story in the Seattle papers about a B-52 at McChord AFB. The crew had just flown in, and were walking away from the aircraft when its wing fell off. It just broke off at the root. There was even a picture in the paper -- it crushed a piece of ground support equipment.

Fatigue effects could explain this accident, too. The point is: there are plenty of plausible mechanical failure modes. "Air frame rattle" could indicate trouble at the wing root, and a wing failure, and the possibility of fuel and electrical sparks in close proximity, are consistent with the reports of flames at the "armpit" of the aircraft.

[michigander]

Well, the plot thickens!

[history_matters]

The world is wide with possibilities on this one. A mechanic named something like "Ali Fawaz Maroud"? Some guys pretending to be food service? A missing stinger?

[Barry Goldwater]

the plane was in maintanence overnight. terrorists got in and unscrewed a bunch of fasteners. the tail came off cleanly.

[Norb2569]

I like your font

[EggsAckley]

Question: Now that the NTSB is saying something you like...why believe them? Shouldn't everything they say be suspect?

Because until now they were spinning and speculating.
1. Pataki/fuel dump
2. Engine failure
3. Birdstrike

Nice try, though.

[webster]

Funny how the Freepers so quick to label others with "tin foil" are also so quick to scatter when a possible snippit of truth comes out.

[GoldnGate]

With all dew respect to those that lost their lives in this tradegy .... now having paid my respects ...... It has been noted by the NTSB ... that a review of the radar tapes ... indicate that "A Flying Carpet" was detected on the radar screen at or near the location ... and time as the aircraft began to lose contact" .... this indicating and suggesting that "If in fact a flying carpet did hit the Tail and Rudder of the aircraft .... no stress fractures and or damage would be detected at the time of examination"

The NTSB was over heard suggesting that they call in "Carpet Fibre Experts to examine the Tail and Rudder parts"

Developing: Filed by the TinFoil Theory Patrol