[mabelkitty]

All those plane downed during the 1990s, and explained as "mechanical failure" was something I picked up soon after 9/11. Too many crashes, none of the pilots expressing distress, and that one pilot hailing Allah.

I also was not suprised that the sudden "mechanical failures" ceased after we finally address the war on terrorism.

Yes, some think it's tin foil, but I don't.

[Alberta's Child]

You're right -- there were there a lot of those "mechanical failure" incidents. I determined that most of the findings were a total hoax when I realized that all of them involved international flights out of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City -- including TWA Flight 800, the SwissAir flight that crashed off the coast of Newfoundland, the Egypt Air flight that crashed while the pilot was praying to Allah saying grace before dinner, and American Airlines (I think) Flight 587 (about two months after 9/11).

Anyone who flies out of that airport in light of all these "accidents" ought to get a head examination.

[Homer1]

A statistical analysis would be interesting

[CyberAnt]

Whoa! What are you saying! I've never heard anyone voice that information before. I remember we had a lot of airline crashes .. and you're suspecting they were all shot down and reported as "mechanical failures". I can understand TW800 as being a shoot-down. I've always believed it was. But this other stuff is really a stretch!