Posted on 08/16/2005 8:09:21 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
Supposedly, yes, it was circling around for quite a while. Now, why people didn't try to get into the cockpit, take control of it, and descend the plane in the two hours *before* it ran out of fuel...that's the question.
}:-)4
And why were the pilots passed out when the crew was still walking around?
Agreed. This was a very short flight in airliner terms.
I thought it was flying in circles on auto-pilot because everyone on board was "frozen solid"? Of course it ran out of gas.
I'm too lazy to read it again.
Do they say that it ran out of fuel BEFORE the decompression or afterwards when it had been flying for two hours with dead people in it?
"...considered having the rogue plane shot down to prevent it from crashing into a populated area. .... "Five more minutes and we would have eliminated it."
And there is still NO MENTION of the AlQuaeda islamic jihadist threats in Turkey about hijaking planes and crashing them into the cities very recently.
Do they really think people are THAT ignorant?
Yes!
That question never arose? Aren't there people in the Greek government whose paychecks are based on raising questions like that?
if it ran out of fuel before the decompression there would have been no decompression, just a crash..
Conspiricy guru alert: Did the last-minute substitute German pilot parachute out?
This is getting very "Art Bell"-ish.
That's what I'm saying / asking.
""That question never arose? Aren't there people in the Greek government whose paychecks are based on raising questions like that?""
Indeed. Then it seems the real story is not the crash, but that a rogue plane is flying around and no one is asking any questions or paying attention.. Guess they think we're all stupid or somnething..
New report states that co-pilot was alive when plane crashed.
Co-pilot said alive before Greece crash
8/16/2005, 10:40 a.m. ET
By PATRICK QUINN
The Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) The co-pilot and a flight attendant were among dozens of people still alive when a Cypriot airliner plunged into the mountains north of Athens, the coroner said Tuesday, deepening the mystery over what incapacitated the flight carrying 121 people.....
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/international-14/1124190680305800.xml&storylist=
Due to the positive dearth of comic book supervillians in the real world, the "frozen solid" rumor was the stupidest thing I've read in a while.
If it ran out of fuel before it crashed, then why would have any of the bodies be 'charred beyond recognition',as was reported yesterday?
What was left to burn?
Yeah. I remember that. Which is why I'm wondering why this is such a new revelation.
It's very strange, because I thought that ICAO regulations require at least one member of aircrew to be on oxygen at all times when the aircraft is above a specified altitude (like 14,000 feet), in case of decompression. Even in the event of rapid decompression, the air crew should have had time to don their oxygen gear. Something stinks about this story.
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