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Russian jets crash within minutes of each other
AP is saying two Russian jets crashed less than six minutes apart. Both
airplanes departed Moscow. One crashed 120 miles south of Moscow and the other is presumed crashed 600 miles south of Moscow. -- Christopher J. Campbell World Famous Flight Instructor Port Orchard, WA If you go around beating the Bush, don't complain if you rile the animals. |
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C J Campbell wrote:
AP is saying two Russian jets crashed less than six minutes apart. Both I've been on the phone calling my friends at Siberia Airlines in the middle of their night making sure they're alive, luckily they're all accounted for, but a crew of their best friends is lost :-/ -- HECTOP PP-ASEL-IA http://www.maxho.com maxho_at_maxho.com |
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"C J Campbell" wrote in
: AP is saying two Russian jets crashed less than six minutes apart. Both airplanes departed Moscow. One crashed 120 miles south of Moscow and the other is presumed crashed 600 miles south of Moscow. Fuel problem??? |
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"James M. Knox" wrote: "C J Campbell" wrote in : AP is saying two Russian jets crashed less than six minutes apart. Both airplanes departed Moscow. One crashed 120 miles south of Moscow and the other is presumed crashed 600 miles south of Moscow. Fuel problem??? Unlikely -- if it were a fuel problem, they would have had plenty of time to get off some radio calls describing their problems. According to the news, at least one got off a hijacking TXP code. My thought is Chechen Islamist terrorists attempting to make a statement about the upcoming Chechen elections. |
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Orval Fairbairn wrote in
news et: Fuel problem??? Unlikely -- if it were a fuel problem, they would have had plenty of time to get off some radio calls describing their problems. According to the news, at least one got off a hijacking TXP code. My thought is Chechen Islamist terrorists attempting to make a statement about the upcoming Chechen elections. You are right, of course. At the time all I had heard was that they both went down, within minutes of each other. No word about radio calls or not. Based on later news, I agree that fuel issues are VERY unlikely. Unfortunately, that brings up the distinct probability that it was deliberate. jmk |
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James M. Knox opined
Orval Fairbairn wrote in news et: Fuel problem??? Unlikely -- if it were a fuel problem, they would have had plenty of time to get off some radio calls describing their problems. According to the news, at least one got off a hijacking TXP code. My thought is Chechen Islamist terrorists attempting to make a statement about the upcoming Chechen elections. You are right, of course. At the time all I had heard was that they both went down, within minutes of each other. No word about radio calls or not. Based on later news, I agree that fuel issues are VERY unlikely. Unfortunately, that brings up the distinct probability that it was deliberate. And if it were fuel issues, _lots_ of planes would be having problems. -ash Cthulhu for President! Why vote for a lesser evil? |
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"Ash Wyllie" wrote in message ... James M. Knox opined And if it were fuel issues, _lots_ of planes would be having problems. Must be that 80 octane stuff... |
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On 8/26/04 9:41 AM, in article
, "James M. Knox" wrote: My thought is Chechen Islamist terrorists attempting to make a statement about the upcoming Chechen elections. You are right, of course. At the time all I had heard was that they both went down, within minutes of each other. No word about radio calls or not. Based on later news, I agree that fuel issues are VERY unlikely. Unfortunately, that brings up the distinct probability that it was deliberate. jmk Of what use is a terrorist act if nobody knows it's terrorism? If this is terrorism in order to make a statement, the guys responsible need to work a bit more work on their press releases. -- Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino Cartoons with a Touch of Magic www.wizardofdraws.com www.cartoonclipart.com |
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"Wizard of Draws" wrote in message news:BD53EFFD.1E032%jeffbREMOVE@REMOVEwizardofdraw s.com... Of what use is a terrorist act if nobody knows it's terrorism? If this is terrorism in order to make a statement, the guys responsible need to work a bit more work on their press releases. -- Maybe both their missions failed, in the same manner that the flight that crashed in PA failed here, and because their real objectives weren't met they felt there was no need to bring attention to themselves. It is very hard to draw conclusions under the circumstances. |
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"James M. Knox" wrote in message 2... "C J Campbell" wrote in : AP is saying two Russian jets crashed less than six minutes apart. Both airplanes departed Moscow. One crashed 120 miles south of Moscow and the other is presumed crashed 600 miles south of Moscow. Fuel problem??? What fuel problem would cause a jet to go down *right now*? Airliners glide decently and a crew with even a little training would get off a mayday call and try and work the situation in the time it would take a flamed-out airliner to go down. A back of the envelope figure is that an airliner probably has a sink rate of 2500 fpm or less in glider mode... Remember the Gimli Glider? It glided for 10-15 minutes before landing, and a Soviet airliner probably wouldn't do much worse... KB |
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