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Old March 28th 07, 05:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Larry Dighera
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Default Near miss from space junk.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:52:49 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
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Pieces of space junk from a Russian satellite coming out of orbit narrowly
missed hitting a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean overnight.


So would the Russians been culpable for downing the Chilean airliner
if their "Russian Roulette" flight had been impacted by the Russian
space debris?