I was speaking about ANOTHER accident that had been asked
about. I was speaking about the Sioux City accident. I had
already addressed the 191 slat retract.



"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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| On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:24:54 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
| wrote:
|
| That accident was almost a successful landing, right up
to
| the point that they dropped the gear.
|
| Wrong accident...you're thinking of United 232 in Sioux
City. American 191 is
| the one in Chicago where the engine pod physically broke
free of the wing right
| after takeoff. 271 dead, no survivors.
|
| I have my own strange connection to the Chicago accident.
I was an on-duty
| operator for a USAF missile launch detection satellite
which operated in the IR
| spectrum. We detected the heat from the crash.
|
| Ron Wanttaja