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SKYSCRAPER CRASH IN MILAN ITALY
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Posted on 04/18/2002 9:06:38 AM PDT by Bommer

Just reported that a small engine plane crashed into a Skyscraper in Milan Italy


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To: codebreaker
Well according to the NTSB....you can't beleive eyewitneses(even if there is a 100 of them) if they see a plane on fire..
841 posted on 04/18/2002 11:25:27 AM PDT by newsperson999
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To: max epr
The early press reporting borders on irresponsibility!

Just a little ..

I still remember them claiming the 1st plane that hit the WTC was an "accident" and a "small plane" .. wasn't till the 2nd plane hit before they corrected themselves and reported it was an attack

Like I've have stated this could have been an accident but it isn't passing the smell test

There wasn't a highway .. a road .. a field .. any open space the guy could have tried to land this plane .. instead of smack in the middle of a skyscraper

842 posted on 04/18/2002 11:26:14 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: cyphergirl
Even the so-called "experts" are starting to question this "accident". Remember how the "Shoe-Bomber" was a loner? And that the "bomb" was unsophisticated? We were all called "chicken littles" then, too.

Turns out we were right...

843 posted on 04/18/2002 11:26:18 AM PDT by DJ88
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To: bright_paper_werewolves
Aren't there better places to ditch a plane other than into the 26th Floor of a skyscraper?

Don't forget - it crashed WINGS LEVEL.
Right now, we just don't know. As accidents go, its highly suspicious.

845 posted on 04/18/2002 11:26:32 AM PDT by Utopia
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To: Utopia
We heard twin engine Aero Commander
846 posted on 04/18/2002 11:26:40 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Maitre_Z
Google has a ex-boxer named Luigi Fasulo..
847 posted on 04/18/2002 11:26:40 AM PDT by codebreaker
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To: truenospinzone
Remember, you intended to make the shot.
848 posted on 04/18/2002 11:26:53 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: codebreaker
An Aero Commander, not a Commando. :-) A Commando is a fast English motorcycle (Norton), therefore, it leaks oil.
849 posted on 04/18/2002 11:27:20 AM PDT by bootless
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To: mommadooo3
I lean toward a singleton or single cell acting independently on "standing orders" to attack the West.

If the 70 year old Swiss pilot was at the controls, it was likely an accident.

The forensics teams will examine all the remains, looking for a 2nd pilot.

You can also bet Swiss police are accounting for all airport ground personnel named "Mohammed" to see who missed their shift or is not at home and can't be reached suddenly.

850 posted on 04/18/2002 11:27:22 AM PDT by Travis McGee
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To: all
Isn't it being reported that this building housed government offices? I wonder in what building the trial was held at which four Tunisian members of a Milan al Qaeda cell were sentenced to five years in jail back in February was held: Al Qaeda, condannati a Milano quattro tunisini [Al Qaeda: Four Tunisians Sentenced in Milan].
851 posted on 04/18/2002 11:27:27 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: Utopia,Bommer
The only plausible accident scenarios I can imagine are:

All control surfaces on the plane completely disabled after plane is on direct path toward downtown Milan.

Pilot unconscious or overcome by smoke, also after on direct path toward downtown Milan.

Keep in mind that any accident scenario also would have to explain why the aircraft could not have been directed away from the city during the time after the pilot discovered a problem and radioed in the distress call. I don't have many facts about the incident but most any pilot would instinctively avoid a flight path over downtown at the earliest sign of trouble, wouldn't they?

Add to that the probability of center-punching the tallest skyscraper in town, which just happens to be a government building and a financial center, entirely by random chance, and I have a very hard time feeling comfortable with this being an accident. Sure, it's possible. So is winning the lottery, and 3 people just won. But it's highly damn unlikely. I remain unconvinced. Tinfoil ON.

852 posted on 04/18/2002 11:27:33 AM PDT by Sender
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To: Utopia
I think the guy they interviewed said it was a twin engine plane ..

Sorry the kiddies are home and it's hard to listen to it all

853 posted on 04/18/2002 11:27:35 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: michigander
From this shot, it seems possible that the windows on either side of the supports were blown out by the impact pressure, making the lateral hole look considerably larger than the wingspan of the plane. I don't see any evidence of damage to the brown vertical supports...
854 posted on 04/18/2002 11:27:50 AM PDT by Interesting Times
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To: newsperson999
MSNBC Reporting: U.S. Consulate in Milan Being Evacuated.
855 posted on 04/18/2002 11:28:38 AM PDT by RCW2001
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To: Delbert
and most likely armed with one of the worst wepons of mass destruction kown to man....The Dreaded Swiss Army Knife! he was planning on taking out any survivors on the upper floors by "corkscrewing" them to death.

And shockingly enough, a survivor was reported to be holding a bloody shirt up to their head! He obviously was going for the brain through the ear with his Swiss Army Knife(tm).

I'm glad somebody else recognizes a code brown when they see it.

856 posted on 04/18/2002 11:28:40 AM PDT by texlok
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To: right_to_defend
Perhaps the copilot is named Mohammed and he met the elderly Swiss pilot on the tarmac with a heavy wrench in his hand.
857 posted on 04/18/2002 11:28:53 AM PDT by Travis McGee
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To: VRWC_minion
Interesting....

"Crew 2 Pilots + 5 Scientists"

Then why was this plane being flown SOLO?? Or has the co-pilot theory been confirmed?

858 posted on 04/18/2002 11:29:19 AM PDT by DJ88
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To: Travis McGee
If this was an accident Travis, it was almost a perfect, top dead center hit.
859 posted on 04/18/2002 11:29:47 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Maitre_Z
Not all of us speak German...

Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer?
Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.

This thread has gone on far too long without a Monty Python reference. Not that I'm not enjoying the discussion immensely.

860 posted on 04/18/2002 11:29:54 AM PDT by Snake65
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