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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings
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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (4408)11/19/2001 12:16:19 PM
From: Augustus Gloop  Read Replies (4) of 14610
 
The one problem I have with this whole story is that I believed things like wind shear and turbulence were detectable from the cockpit. I know that I have been in planes just about to land in Denver and they detect wind shear and go straight up and abort landing. They also tell us of coming turbulence when we're flying. Now the latter may be as a result of reports from other planes but to detect wind shear either the plane or the tower must have the ability to see such things. If this is the case why wasn't this avoided? While I think the reports are plausible I have my doubts about what really happened. After what just happened for the Admin to have to admit another downed plane would be a major slice of humble pie and perceived as another victory for terrorists.
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