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To: Quilla
A breathless ABC13 local reporter at 6:45 this morning said it appeared to be a 737 that crashed.

It was pretty foggy this morning, and the jet had come from Dallas through a front. The pilot may have forgotten to adjust for barometric pressure with his altimeter and thought he had more altitude than he obviously did.

8 posted on 11/22/2004 10:37:48 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
have forgotten to adjust for barometric pressure

Gulfstream II probably had radar altimeter. Did he land way short?

Sad to say, pilot probably wasn't aligned on localizer (left/right of runway).

16 posted on 11/22/2004 10:45:03 AM PST by JATO (The MSM is ORGANIZED CRIME. Conspiracy, fraud, blackmail, bribery. They do it ALL.)
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To: Dog Gone

This was not a Piper Cub. This plane should have been under the control of the tower.


18 posted on 11/22/2004 10:46:46 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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To: Dog Gone
It was pretty foggy this morning, and the jet had come from Dallas through a front. The pilot may have forgotten to adjust for barometric pressure with his altimeter and thought he had more altitude than he obviously did.

Usually when you are being handed off from sector to sector, the crew is advised of the new altimeter setting.

24 posted on 11/22/2004 10:52:44 AM PST by cardinal4 (W's 3.5 million pop vote isnt a mandate, but algores .5 million is??)
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To: Dog Gone
Re: A breathless ABC13 local reporter at 6:45 this morning said it appeared to be a 737 that crashed.

737, 738 whtever it takes

C5 C6 whatever it takes lol

25 posted on 11/22/2004 10:55:08 AM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 61,103,636 Bush fans.)
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