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To: The Working Man

One report had the UPS plane on fire before it crashed. MANPAD?


123 posted on 08/14/2013 12:04:49 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: topher
One report had the UPS plane on fire before it crashed. MANPAD?

Report was from CNN from someone at the crash scene.

Quote from CNN article:

Witness Peter Torres, a Civil Air Patrol member who said he is a former airline mechanic, said he thought he heard what sounded like a backfire from the jet's engines as the plane passed overhead. He rushed to his window.

"I saw the flash," of an apparent explosion, he said, followed by a "boom" that shook his home.

I guess the flash and 'boom' were the plane crashing (impact)...

125 posted on 08/14/2013 12:13:38 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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> One report had the UPS plane on fire before it crashed.

It could be, but know that explosion-before-crash and on-fire-before crash are commonly reported in error by eyewitnesses. Unless the eyewitness is aviation-savvy, such reports must be treated with caution.

I'm not getting an impression of foul play so far, but if there is any, I'd rank the odds of booby-trapped parcel above missile.

193 posted on 08/16/2013 10:24:07 AM PDT by Boundless (Survive Obamacare by not needing it.)
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