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To: Peach
Fox news reporting pilot said in his SOS he had engine trouble.

Hmmm. Don't know the area, but wonder what SOP would be for a pilot in this instance. Could he not avoid the tower, etc.?

134 posted on 04/18/2002 9:31:02 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Fury
Could he not avoid the tower, etc.?

It seems very odd to me that this could be an accident esp. at this time in history.
An SOS could mean a lot of things depending on how many people were on the plane.
Weird at the very least.

156 posted on 04/18/2002 9:33:45 AM PDT by DaughterofEve
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To: Fury
Could he not avoid the tower, etc.?

I doubt it. Hard enough to do intentionally, nearly impossible accidentally. Start up a flight simulator and try hitting a particular building, esp. at high speed - it's harder than you might expect.

164 posted on 04/18/2002 9:35:08 AM PDT by ctdonath2
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