Aircraft crash in mid air

Fox News | 7/1/02

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Fox news has an alert about two large aircraft involved in a mid-air crash over germany.

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CNN now has this up in their site...

AP: A Boeing airliner and another plane collide in midair over southern Germany, a state official says. Details soon.

[jern]

FRANKFURT, Germany –– A Tupelev and a Boeing airliner collided over the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttember, a state official said early Tuesday. There was no immediate word on causalities

A spokesman for the interior ministry of Baden-Wuerttemberg, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the planes went down near the city of Sigmariegen, near Lake Constance.

[Marine Inspector]

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MSNBC reporting...

Mid-air collision over Germany

Tupelev, Boeing jet crash

BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC NEWS SERVICES

FRANKFURT, Germany, July 1 — A Tupelev and a Boeing airliner collided in mid-air over Lake Constance in southern Germany, state official says.

[cmsgop]

Oh My Gosh!

[terilyn]

Fox News reported that an eyewitness said there were two huge fireballs in the sky and bodies all over the ground in his town.

[sam_paine]

Tu makes some pretty big aero-floaters, don't they?

Any word from other sources as to size?

[grimalkin]

Oh sh**. :(

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I'm only seeing reports of them as "large".

[ChicagoRepublican]

When the Tupolev is mentioned I have to rule out terrorism. I don't want to be rash, but anyone who spent some time in Russia can back me up here that Russian airlines are a menace to their passengers and to other flights.

[headsonpikes]

Excellent posting work!!

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AP now reporting...

JULY 01, 19:02 ET

Airliner, Plane Collide in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A Tupelev and a Boeing airliner collided over the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttember, a state official said early Tuesday. There was no immediate word on causalities

A spokesman for the interior ministry of Baden-Wuerttemberg, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the planes went down near the city of Sigmariegen, near Lake Constance.

No further information on the aircraft or passengers aboard was immediately available.

An eyewitness speaking to state German ARD television said he saw two large balls of fire in the sky. Another told the TV station he had seen bodies on the streets.

[cmsgop]

I see your point but it's ATC that could be the cause.

[Dog]

How did two passenger planes get that close to each other to collide in mid-air....these aren't piper cubs.

[YaYa123]

Is it correct to assume these are German planes? Does it mean both are Luftansa?

[Howlin]

Wow......how long has it been since we've had a mid-air collision? Or am I showing my age?

[widgysoft]

Three words: Air Traffic Control.

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Another update from the AP...

JULY 01, 19:20 ET

Airliner, Plane Collide in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A Boeing airliner and another plane collided over the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, a state official said early Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties.

A spokesman for the interior ministry of Baden-Wuerttemberg said the planes went down near the city of Sigmariegen, near Lake Constance.

The official said the other plane was a Tupolev, but didn't elaborate. Internet sites describe the Tupolev as a Russian-built plane.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was not immediately clear how many people were aboard the planes, but it was possible they were carrying mostly freight.

Pieces of the aircraft were scattered for miles across the countryside, the spokesman said.

State German ARD television interviewed one man who described the crash as two large balls of fire in the sky.

No further information on the aircraft or passengers aboard was immediately available.

[Timesink]

When the Tupolev is mentioned I have to rule out terrorism. I don't want to be rash, but anyone who spent some time in Russia can back me up here that Russian airlines are a menace to their passengers and to other flights.

I dunno. It's kind of hard for one plane to intentionally hit the other when both are traveling at ~500MPH or more, isn't it?