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Well, I'm sure they've come under quite a bit of scrutiny. But the Sept. 11th terrorists had been settling in for years. . .
As regards the engine, yup. It appears to have landed almost directly between the pumps and the kiosk; apparently the attendants were pretty quick off the mark extinguishing what flames there were.
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I wasnt trying to make light of whats happened.. I just wouldnt tell MIB that someone did this on purpose because i think thats complete bullshit. Planes crashed before 9-11 too, you know.
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Oh, I agree with you Cap'n Mike ... I think this is probably just a crazy coinkidink ... but the first thoughts through my mind when I learned about this heading into my Brit-Lit class was much more uninformed ("Hey, a plane just crashed into Queens ...")
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Apparently the Airbus 300 has a very good track record, only 8 fatal incidents before today. 4 were hijackings, 3 were pilots hitting the ground early while landing and I forget the last one but no real mechanical failures. I just heard this on a report on the way home. The guy being interviewed said that they can tell if the engine came off before the crash by if it lands before the plane does. I'm not sure if this was the case but eye witnesses say it did. Gotta really feel sorry for people in NY. Going to be hard for them to sleep tonight. Paul
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As a related note, this is now really going to fuck up the airline industry. Just when people were starting to get over it too.
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Yes, because you can drive your jeep to other countries (or non-America as some people call it.)
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I don't really have the budget to go flying to other countries. Drove to Canada once, though. Driven to New York, Boston, Connecticut on a few occasions.
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That area where the plane hit lost roughly 100 residents who either worked as firemen or in the World Trade Center towers. No one in New York will be sleeping with ease tonight. And I think that after loosing 3 planes in a month due to crashes, American Airlines will be the hardest hit among all the airline companies.
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The fact that the airline industry is being hit by the Sept. 11th hijackings could mean that they don't have the budget to properly carry out the stringent maintenance required for planes. Maybe this will lead to an increase in the number of mechanical faults not being detected by standard inspections.
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That's an interesting thought. And you're right...this adds (or at least stirs up) a new level of fear to the idea of flying.
I can't remember who it was, but some official associated with the airline industry said on the news yesterday, "If it was a mechanical problem...it's bad. If it was terrorism...it's catastrophic."
He was speaking about the effect this will have on the airline industry.
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quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: I don't really have the budget to go flying to other countries. Drove to Canada once, though. Driven to New York, Boston, Connecticut on a few occasions.
I was wondering about the outbreak of dead deer in Ontario Roads.......
Seriously, this is gonna hurt us alot. Already, Canada's second largest airline (Canada 3000) has bit the dust. And now, these events are hurting the tourism industry in Ontario, Toronto being its chief recipient.
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