[aristeides]

Why is BS a nut just for thinking Wellstone's crash was no accident? I too strongly suspect it was no accident. Of course, I suspect responsibility in a different quarter, but to suspect it was no accident seems thoroughly reasonable to me.

Has anybody explained why the FBI is engaged in the investigation of the crash? Unless there's reason to suspect foul play, isn't that NTSB's job?

[fight_truth_decay]

I suspect responsibility in a different quarter.. Are you suggesting those in the Republican Party are murderers?

[Seruzawa]

Has anybody explained why the FBI is engaged in the investigation of the crash?

And the FBI sticking its nose where it's not needed is a rare occurance?

[1Old Pro]

I'll wait for the investigative results. I'm sure this plane had a poorly designed center fuel tank that will explain it.

[GSWarrior]

Sometimes planes crash and people die.

[fight_truth_decay]

"Has anybody explained why the FBI is engaged in the investigation of the crash? Unless there's reason to suspect foul play, isn't that NTSB's job?"

"Immediately after learning of the tragedy last Friday, Oberstar said he telephoned Carol Carmody, acting chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and urged her to accompany investigators to Minnesota."

"Based on the briefings he's received, Oberstar said he considers icing "a likely cause and a prime suspect." But he cautioned that "it's much too early to make a definitive judgment."

"The NTSB has recommended that aircraft such as the one that crashed have cockpit voice recorders, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has yet to require them for such smaller commercial aircraft."

"U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., one of the most influential members of Congress on aviation safety issues, said that the crash of Paul Wellstone's plane shows why cockpit voice and data recorders should be required in some smaller commercial aircraft now exempt from that rule."

or..."Flight instructor Mathews, who frequently flies in and out of the Eveleth-Virginia airport, said that something unusual caused the plane to slowly turn off its westward course to the runway and crash." "Either something in the plane was malfunctioning or the pilots faced a distraction or disorientation that kept them from realizing the plane was in trouble until it was too late to recover, he said."

Guess I can't find FBI involvement and am open to all possibilities with some reference to reported facts.. for whatever reason and I think the Star Tribune has reported responsibly ongoing updates.

[fight_truth_decay]

Crash-site work nears end, but data analysis still ahead Larry Oakes Star Tribune Northern Minnesota Correspondent Published Oct. 29, 2002 CRAS29 EVELETH, MINN. -- "In their search for any "glimmer of evidence" in the crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven others, federal investigators plan to retrace the last 72 hours of the lives of the pilots, an official said Monday." "The "72-hour history" and toxicology tests of the pilots' remains -- routine parts of crash investigations -- were among many remaining tasks on the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) agenda as the on-site portion of its investigation neared completion, said Frank Hilldrup, the investigator now in charge of the crash...".

federal investigators term used but not the FBI..(just the research "hound" in me)I would be interested to know the source of the FBI mention.