"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

Maybe...but sounds a bit like paranoia to me. Sounds very much like
Howard
Hughes and his paranoia.

Also, a bolt coming loose on a 40 year old airplane...???

Well, the Asbury Park Press ran another story today. Basically, this guy
had
made an offer on the airport, which had been accepted. He intended to keep
it
open as an airport. A developer also wanted the property for a restricted
age
community development.

When the plane went down, the FBI launched an investigation. One week
later, the
NTSB announced the probably cause as a bird strike. Knocking the tail off
a
twin? (I have a bridge to sell you, too).

The FBI figured the NTSB knew their stuff and dropped the investigation.
The
airport was sold to the developer.

Fast forward. For a variety of reasons, the developer paid several bribes
to
several township officials to get zoning changes made for the property.
The FBI
has been investigating these guys over the years, and is now pressing
charges on
seven people, including the former mayor and the developer. During the
process
of this investigation, it came to light that the NTSB has absolutely no
evidence
or reason to believe that there was a bird strike. As a result, the FBI is
reopening their investigation. The NTSB refuses to comment.

Now the aircraft may not have been sabotaged, but there's pretty much no
way it
could've been a bird strike -- we don't have condors here. And anyone who
thinks
it's paranoia knows nothing about New Jersey.

All the while I was reading your response I was thinking of EXACTLY what
your conclusion stated.

But then, the same could be said about any major city...and quite a few
small ones (as one in the development business, I can attest to).