[L`enn]

But the thing is, they DID report it and rather soon actually. That is what struck me about this incident as opposed to TWA-800 , with as many or more witnesses (though sadly none from the plane). What struck me is the range of the SAM's. TWA-800 was inside those parameters.

It truly is a miracle that the passengers are alive. Just think how you would be feeling knowing that you came within a metre of being incinerated. And looking at the pictures of the passengers after disembarking, those are the faces and emotions of living breathing people these vermin would have destroyed. One Freeper made the point that the community should be as outraged when one of these plots are foiled as they are when they are carried to conclusion. I heartily agree.

[TeleStraightShooter]

It truly is a miracle that the passengers are alive
The report alluded to possable missle counter-measures on board, perhaps they were.

the community should be as outraged when one of these plots are foiled as they are when they are carried to conclusion
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[Asmodeus]

"But the thing is, they DID report it and rather soon actually. That is what struck me about this incident as opposed to TWA-800 , with as many or more witnesses (though sadly none from the plane). What struck me is the range of the SAM's. TWA-800 was inside those parameters."

The timeline and altitudes of the major events of the TWA 800 disaster was approximately as follows:

8:31:11 Intact and climbing 747 approaches 13,800 feet.

8:31:12 Initiating Event at 13,800 feet followed immediately by the commencement of the decapitation process.

8:31:43-8:31:47 Streak of light appears.

8:31:47 Explosion of Massive Fireball at 5500-7500 feet.

8:31:55-8:31:57 Splashdown of the Massive Fireball flames.
Source - The "missile Witnesses" Myth.

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TEN expert metallurgists who examined the TWA 800 wreckage reported finding no evidence that the 747 was the victim of a missile - or bomb - attack.

Memorandum
To: Thomas H. Jourdan
From: William A. Tobin
Date: 07-15-97
Subject: Metallurgical Status Report: TWA 800

The last FBI metallurgical examinations or evaluations conducted of any significance, relating to damaged TWA 800 components, were in approximately October 1996.

As directed by you, on January 1, 1997, I elicited a commitment for the services of a retired research scientist and metallographic laboratory specializing in the aluminum alloys primarily comprising the Boeing 747-100.

Since May 1997, the scientist has been researching the location, morphology, and formation fracture mechanics of small holes with "spike tooth" fractures, the only metallurgically significant indicator present at a high strain rate. However, the holes are relatively small (none of which could reasonably have been responsible for "instantaneous" cessation of the recorders), exhibit no apparent preferred concentration, exhibit no apparent isotrophy, and are in matrices which exhibit no characteristics of impulsive loading or proximity to explosive (ordnance) materials.

The scientist has observed no indication of bomb or missile damage, and brings to ten the number of metallurgists officially examining and pronouncing the absence of bomb or missile damage, four from NTSB, three from Boeing, two from FBI Laboratory, and one scientist consultant.

It is noted that three of the aforementioned metallurgists could be considered to have a strong organizational interest in the finding that something other than mechanical failure initiated the catastrophic sequence of events.
Source.