Thursday, July 17, 2014

Jet Shot Down





Not this again ...

Shot down by a missile, LOL.  This below is almost certainly what happened. After a four year investigation of the very similar TWA Flt. 800 "missile attack,"  the FBI, the NTSB, and a  CIA animation proved that it was caused by a faulty fuel cell. Same here with the Ukraine.   Sheesh. Putin, or other terrorists, had nothing to do with it. Sheesh.


 The four-year NTSB investigation concluded with the approval of the Aircraft Accident Report on August 23, 2000, ending the most extensive, complex, and costly air disaster investigation in U.S. history.[8][9] The report's conclusion was that the probable cause of the accident was an explosion of flammable fuel/air vapors in a fuel tank, and, although it could not be determined with certainty, the most likely cause of the explosion was a short circuit.[10] As a result of the investigation, new requirements were developed for aircraft to prevent future fuel tank explosions.[11] [TWA Flight 800]


10 comments:

TimO said...

Will the airline be sued out the wazoo for deliberately flying over an active war zone??? That really is gross negligence.

Skoonj said...

Russia and or their surrogates in Eastern Ukraine likely did it. There were reports the pro-Russian separatists took credit for the shoot-down, but they later retracted it. Surely a look at a map will show that Ukraine couldn't have done it. Their surface to air forces are no longer close enough to Eastern Ukraine to do it, and they didn't have any aircraft in the area. So either the Russians or their buddies in Eastern Ukraine did it.

Anonymous said...

Or Chechens, or ISIS, or Pakis, or Serbs, or Hungarians, or vampires, or werewolves, or...

Coulda been anybody, that part of the world. Pretty unsettled there. Like around Laredo, Brownsville, MacAllen, El Paso.

jd

Anonymous said...

So, what is it going to be? Beer Summit? Golf? Fundraisers?
Does it really matter? It is most certainly Bush's fault.

Chuck from Tacoma

Anonymous said...

What will be the solution to this situation? Pool? Golf? Lawn darts? Beer summit? Fund raisers? I guess it really doesn't matter. It is Bush's fault.

Chuck from Tacoma

Anonymous said...

You should make posters take IQ tests before commenting here. Shesh.

Chuck from Tacoma

Skoonj said...

Saw a BBC interview of a Ukrainian civilian. Very interesting. He said he heard several "shots" (I take that to mean loud bangs, which would be the launch of several missiles) followed a little later by the explosion when the plane hit the ground. As he was in East Ukraine, where the plane went down, I find it conclusive that a missile from that area brought the aircraft down.

Anonymous said...

Might be as manty as 23 Americans on that plane. Captain Benghazi dealt with that by going to three fundraisers today, where he spent 40 seconds commenting on what a bad thing somebody did, then launched into what a great state Delaware was because it gave us Joe Biden.
He is nauseating.
Israel is misusing the Iron Dome.
They need to put an Iron Dome on Captain Bullshit Benghazi's fucking head and the world would be better off.
The man?? is so, so low class, I wouldn't invite him to a hog butchering. He exceeds himself in setting the example for sociopath of the year every day.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

MAX Redline said...

Well, on the bright side, Malaysian Air at least knows where this plane is.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

A fitting summation Max

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