[cardinal4]

Easy,people.As I stated on a earlier post,I work in the dispatch office of a midwesyern airline.My desk is right next to maintenance control and the consensus is worn bolts on the pylon holding the engine to the wing.There is precedence for this;AA DC-10 El-AL 747-400 at AMS.Let the engineers figure it out,then we can comment responsibly.But I will say if it is premeditated....All bets are off.

[Sabertooth]

ABC is reporting through several sources, one of them being Mayor Giuliani, that part of a wing landed in the bay near by.

John Nance, former airline pilot and ABC's Aviation Expert, felt that was very significant, stating that wreckage in three sites, with a wing landing apart from the engine and the fusilage, indicated something "more catastrophic" than an engine falling off.

He stopped short of saying bombs or "terrorists," but that seemed to be where he was leaning. There are baggage compartments near where the wing meets the fusilage. He thought it very unlikely that an engine falling off could take off the entire wing.

[angkor]

Easy,people.

Agreed. If there was even a remote suggestion of terrorism, why did Reagan National continue with landing and departing flights unabated all morning?

[Justa]

Thanks, sounds reasonable.



Thanks, sounds reasonable.