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'Hijack signal' on missing plane
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| August 24, 2004
Posted on 08/24/2004 8:41:49 PM PDT by HAL9000
THE Russian plane that went missing around the time as another jet crashed issued a signal indicating a hijacking or seizure before disappearing from radar, the Interfax news agency has reported. The signal came at 11:04 pm yesterday (0404 AEST today) from the Tu-154 airliner that went missing in southern Russia's Rostov region, Interfax quoted a source in Russia's "power structures" as saying.
Emergency workers were still searching for the plane hours after it disappeared from radar screens on a flight from Moscow to the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.
The source said the signal was activated shortly before the plane disappeared.
Another passenger jet that went missing at about the same time crashed in the Tula region south of Moscow. There was no word on survivors among the 89 people believed to be aboard the two planes.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: crash; hijacking; jihadinrussia; missingplane; moscow; russia; russianplanes
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To: SandyInSeattle
Wonder if this was the major assassination (in this case attempted on Putin ?) that the UBL tape spoke of ?
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posted on
08/24/2004 11:26:13 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: ganeshpuri89
Get the DVD ready, Bin Laden productions is gonna send out another home movie. I wish he would put his return address on those tapes he sends out.
102
posted on
08/24/2004 11:26:13 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: RussianConservative
Prayers are being sent up for all the families involved and for the whole country of Russia right now. Waking up to this must be terrible. We do have some idea what that's like. Hang in there and keep us informed.
103
posted on
08/24/2004 11:29:40 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: sheik yerbouty
Dust Mecca and Medina with plutonium, then let the sand maggots go on their filthy pilgrimages.
It's a world war to the death: Islam against human civilization. Might as well be martians for all those apes have in common with humanity.
104
posted on
08/25/2004 12:16:20 AM PDT
by
broadsword
(Let's respect "holy" Muslim sites like they respected those giant Buddhist statues in Afghanistan!)
To: LikeLight
Radio I was listening to was saying about this incident here that there is an upcoming Chechen election and that there is known to be violence around the Chechen elections.
To: RussianConservative
Time to bring out big katyushas, yes?
Bogspeed.
106
posted on
08/25/2004 12:52:56 AM PDT
by
bIlluminati
(If guns are outlawed, can we use tanks? How about katyushas?)
To: Gideon7
Russians have been fighting the Islamists for centuries. Back to the original caliphates. 69 posted on 08/24/2004 9:46:15 PM PDT by Gideon7
And WE have been fighting islamist extremists since virtually the beginning of our country. Does "barbary pirates" ring a bell?. Many don't realize We have our own history with Islamic radicals that goes back to the beginning of the 19th century.
CC
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posted on
08/25/2004 3:02:52 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
("Let’s not forget: The Clintons’ marriage is a dynastic marriage of ambitious swine.”)
To: randog
Let's see who's stupid enough to pop his head out of the chuck hole and admit to this. The Ruskies will kill every living thing within 5 miles and salt the earth for good measure. As we should.
108
posted on
08/25/2004 4:19:40 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
To: Ramius
Could still be Chechnyans... everybody got a lesson already on the multiple plane scenario... it's not limited to AQ anymore. But of course, it could be almost anybody. It's becoming increasingly counter-productive to make distinctions between subtle flavors of Islamofacists. They should be viewed monolithically.
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posted on
08/25/2004 4:23:12 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Actuallt it's not 7700. There isa special code for hijackig as opposed to 7700 which is a general mayday transponder squawk.
110
posted on
08/25/2004 5:09:46 AM PDT
by
MindBender26
(Kill all Islamic terrorists now. Then they cannot kill our sons and daughters tomorrow)
To: MindBender26
111
posted on
08/25/2004 5:10:15 AM PDT
by
bonfire
To: oceanview
I was also curious. With the small number of passengers listed as dead I wondered if this wasn't a small enough plane that it did not have a cockpit door. I was wrong. Here's a link to info on the plane. It clearly shows a bulkhead between the passengers and cockpit. http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=376
112
posted on
08/25/2004 5:48:58 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(What's the difference between Joseph Goebbels and Michael Moore? About 150 pounds.)
To: Bogey78O
What is the range of the planes that went down? In other words, what is the range of possible targets that the hijackers intended?
113
posted on
08/25/2004 6:47:15 AM PDT
by
We Happy Few
("we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother;")
To: USMA83
How long did it take to close U.S. airspace on September 11th?
114
posted on
08/25/2004 6:53:31 AM PDT
by
We Happy Few
("we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother;")
To: Peach
Dog is a smart freeper.And dog spelled backwards ... coincidence? I think not! well, maybe. :)
115
posted on
08/25/2004 7:06:37 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(When it came to Intelligence, Kerry was absent)
To: NonValueAdded
116
posted on
08/25/2004 7:16:37 AM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: RussianConservative
May the Lord bless you and your family.
Stay safe!
To: ET(end tyranny)
given and only pretended to be hijacked You mean like a flight, ostensibly canceled--as far as passengers are concerned (possibly months in advance)--but the packed-with-explosives (viz. Black Sunday), properly-numbered flight leaves Riyadh as usual, behaves normally (flight path, radio calls), almost all the way to IAD?
Nobody to say "Let's roll."
A wingover from 8000 feet at 250 knots is the first indication. The pilot goes to full throttle. At seven miles a minute and twelve miles laterally, no manned aircraft will have sufficient time to light him up. A missile site near the State Department takes him out, only seconds before he would've slammed into the White House, though it rains secondaries all over Georgetown.
That's where we realize it was also the worse outcome fulfillment of the "Executive Decision" plot. 5000 die, 20,000 are sick and injured. Billions in damage. Plenty of residual terror.
HF
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posted on
08/25/2004 7:24:21 AM PDT
by
holden
To: HAL9000
I heard over Fox radio about 45 minutes ago that the "hijacking" signal is not verified and that it could have been an SOS or an ordinary technical distress signal.
Leni
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posted on
08/25/2004 7:37:23 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Stop Global Whining)
To: All
Not enough facts in yet, but it looks like 2 jihaterkazis coordinated their "missions" on board each plane to me.
Not just a bomb on each plane, but bombs wielded by one or more jihaters on their favored suicide-mass-murder via plane mode.
Leska
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