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To: TH who wrote (116614)	12/15/2000 4:00:03 PM
From: TH	Respond to of 769670

Bullshit, you don't look and "see" someone half way out the plane. Didn't this guy see Goldfinger? riday December 15 3:55 PM ET Passenger Plunges From Calif. Commuter Plane SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - A high-tech company employee plunged 2,000 feet through an open door of a flying commuter airplane after at least one fellow passenger struggled vainly to hold on to her, officials said on Friday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation officials told reporters they were ruling out foul play in Thursday's horrific incident in the California skies, attributing the woman's disappearance to either suicide or a bizarre accident. Sacramento police were preparing to search the area with ground vehicles and a helicopter for a body, officials said. The woman, an employee of computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co., boarded a company twin turbo-prop airplane on Thursday for a regular shuttle run between Roseville and San Jose, California. Officials said pilots on the 15-seat aircraft, which carried five passengers, reported that a warning light in the cockpit first indicated a door on the plane was unlocked shortly after takeoff, prompting a precautionary landing in Sacramento. With the door re-secured, the airplane took off again bound for San Jose. About three minutes later, as the plane was climbing, the pilot radioed that the door had opened again. What exactly occurred within the plane cabin was still only partially clear. But FBI (news - web sites) spokesman Andrew Black said interviews with fellow passengers revealed that at least one had engaged in a desperate struggle to hold on to the woman when he saw her standing in the aircraft's open doorway. ``The moment he felt the door open and the increase in noise and breeze he turned around and he saw her half way out of the plane,'' Black told KTVU television. ``He had to reach over his seat, and he's holding on to her with his arms partially outside the plane, trying to pull her back in,'' Black said. ``He clearly jeopardized his own safety and made a very, very extraordinary effort to rescue this woman. Unfortunately he was only able to hold on for several moments.'' Authorities declined to speculate on why the crew or other passengers aboard the plane failed to notify authorities of the woman's disappearance until well after the airplane landed at San Jose about an hour later. ``That's being investigated,'' San Jose Airport spokesman Jim Peterson said. ``There are a lot of unknowns, and they're looking at everything to determine what happened.'' Hewlett-Packard declined to disclose the passenger's identity, saying only she worked in its purchasing department. ``We are deeply concerned and are helping authorities to determine what happened,'' the company said in a statement. ``Out of respect for the individuals involved, we are not providing additional information at this time.'' Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) officials said preliminary inspection had revealed no obvious problems with the plane. ``In the initial inspection, it does not appear to be any mechanical malfunction of the rear door,'' agency spokesman Jerry Snyder told reporters, adding that pilot error had also been ruled out.