Re: flight twa800

In article <562hc1$26...@pacemaker.cts>, str...@mtu.edu (S E T H) wrote:
>
>I would like an ascii of a crashing plane...
>
>>>>  Hey those who want the truth.  This is no joke!!!  I have a friend,
>>>>  Marc, who works for NASA and Lockheed Martin on the Titan missile.
>>>>  He's the one who sent this.  And never, as long as I've known him,
>>>>  has he emailed a joke to me.  Just read on and watch the papers,
>>>>  knowing where you heard it first.  Pretty shocking.
>>>>
>>>>  Subject: FW: Friendly Fire?......
>>>>  Date: Wednesday, September 04, 1996 10:16AM
>>>>
>>>>  I just received the following account of the downing of TWA flight
>>>>  800 and thought I would share it with you.  I cannot vouch for the
>>>>  validity of the information, but will admit that it is interesting.
>>>>
>>>>  The message came to me from a man who was Safety Chairman for the
>>>>  Airline Pilots Association for many years and he is considered an
>>>>  expert on safety. He would not ever spread idle rumor.  In short, he
>>>>  is usually quite certain before saying anything!
>>>>
>>>>  Hang in there!  Regards >=3D< Marc
>>>>  ______________________________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>  Subject: Friendly Fire?
>>>>
>>>>  The following information about TWA Fight 800 was received this
>>>>  afternoon: (08-22-96 )
>>>>
>>>>  TWA flight 800 was shot down by a U.S. Navy guided missile ship which
>>>>  was in area W-105.  W-105 is a Warning Area off the SouthEast coast of
>>>>  Long Island and is used by the military for missile firing and other
>>>>  military operations.
>>>>
>>>>  Guided missile ships travel all over the world defending the US and
>>>>  they were conducting practice firings up over the top of a Navy P-3 
radar
>>>>  plane who was on a Southwest heading about over the top of TWA 800.
>>>>  Evidently the missile is suppose to go over the top of the P-3 and the
>>>>  accuracy of the missile is being measured by instrumentation in the P-3.
>>>>
>>>>  There was a USAir flight coming from the Southeast descending towards
>>>>  Providence, RI that had been cleared to 21,000 feet and the TWA 800
>>>>  aircarft was restricted to 13,000 feet.  The air traffic controller
>>>>  requested the USAir flight to turn on his landing lights with the idea
>>>>  that TWA might see his lights and identify him.  At that point, he
>>>>  would clear the TWA flight to continue his climb.
>>>>
>>>>  The P-3 was a non-beacon target (transponder OFF) flying southwest in 
the
>>>>  controlled airspace almost over TWA 800 and made NO calls to ATC. After
>>>>  the explosion, he continued his flight to the west and then called ATC

It's just like the Korean airliner shot down by russians or even the crash of 
konkordski at the Paris airshow.  Except lots of noise was made about that.  
It's not like the Americans to keep somthing like that quiet :-).

Iain

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