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Witness: Rear of plane was smoking before impact (Ethiopian Air)
AP ^ | Mar 11, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 03/11/2019 1:42:38 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist

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To: Tijeras_Slim

There was quite a mix of nationality’s on board.


21 posted on 03/11/2019 2:06:32 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Did the pilot forget to turn on the “No Smoking” sign?


22 posted on 03/11/2019 2:08:46 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Young Israel are frequent globe trotters. Lot of cheap flights to India and other Asian places have stopovers in Ethiopia.


23 posted on 03/11/2019 2:11:33 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: 1Old Pro

“Maybe one engine blew and they shut down the good one.

My first thought.


24 posted on 03/11/2019 2:16:17 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Blueflag

Roll axis; rolled around the center line.


25 posted on 03/11/2019 2:17:08 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

It’s not unusual for a witness to say a plane was on fire before it crashed, even when it wasn’t.


26 posted on 03/11/2019 2:17:17 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That sure does look similar to the Lion Air crash.


27 posted on 03/11/2019 2:18:15 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: SubMareener

“...7 out of 10 plane crashes are targeted killings.”

Like Ron Brown?


28 posted on 03/11/2019 2:18:55 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: ryderann

welp. this thread has left the field of play.


29 posted on 03/11/2019 2:20:17 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Moonman62

“...looks similar to the Lion Air crash.”

My thought, too.


30 posted on 03/11/2019 2:22:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: 1Old Pro

That happened in China in 2015.

CC


31 posted on 03/11/2019 2:23:16 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: SkyDancer

That implies the crew lost control of the aircraft. Maybe after a pitch-up stall? Coffin. Corner stall??

I. Have. No. Idea.


32 posted on 03/11/2019 2:27:39 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Blueflag

The plane “rotated” eh? Which axis?

Probably A/v was upside down. Belly to the sky!


33 posted on 03/11/2019 2:28:47 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Smoke in rear of A/V could be the APU!


34 posted on 03/11/2019 2:29:28 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

This certainly may not be a factor but it must be noted that both crashes occurred with Third World airlines. I’ve flown Third World airlines before...and needed a change of underwear after each one.


35 posted on 03/11/2019 2:29:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

They were both brand new planes. It warrants further investigation.


36 posted on 03/11/2019 2:35:12 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (A bad peace is better than a good war.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

This link has some interesting discussion on the topic:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-11/boeing-shares-fall-9-hundreds-737s-grounded-following-2nd-deadly-crash

It sounds like Boeing made some changes to the design and didn’t tell/train the pilots.

Apparently dead pilots make for great NTSB scapegoats in many accidents, but the truth can be a bit more complex.

Countdown—three, two, one—Boeing get your lawyers!


37 posted on 03/11/2019 2:42:50 PM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist
They were both brand new planes. It warrants further investigation.

Understood...and I agree.I recall that there were problems early on with the 787...and that was Japan Airlines,certainly not Third World.

However,you can be damn sure that Airbus...behind the scenes...is trying to flip this to their advantage not caring about the facts.

Just sayin'...

38 posted on 03/11/2019 2:45:35 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

And of course, Boeing would be there to ‘flip any facts’ if it could, too.


39 posted on 03/11/2019 2:48:23 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (A bad peace is better than a good war.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist
And of course, Boeing would be there to ‘flip any facts’ if it could, too.

IIRC "Jussie" was the victim of the filthiest racists on earth just a few weeks ago....

40 posted on 03/11/2019 2:54:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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