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To: Bilow who wrote (10057)11/12/2001 11:53:55 AM
From: No Mo Mo  Respond to of 281500
 
Hey Carl,

Arab (Al Qaeda) terror or not, Jim's right in his assertion of Bin Laden's luck. If this is an accident and the anthrax is from a homegrown source, Bin L. is getting a lot of bonus mileage out of his day of terror...(not that he needed any extra).

-Darin



To: Bilow who wrote (10057)11/12/2001 12:27:33 PM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Mechanical Trouble Reported Before Take-Off
Monday Nov. 12, 2001; 11:42 a.m. EST
newsmax.com
An American Airlines A-300 reported mechanical trouble while waiting to take off Monday morning, about an hour before it crashed just outside News York's JFK Airport.

AA Flight 587 was scheduled to take off at 8:00 a.m. but was held on the ground for an hour and fifteen minutes to repair an unidentified mechanical problem, a travel agent familiar with the flight told WABC Radio.

Additionally, a United Airlines pilot says he over-heard a radio report from Flight 587's pilot saying he was experiencing engine trouble before the plane exploded in mid-air over New York's Jamaica Bay.

The Bush administration has announced the FBI believes that Flight 587 did explode in mid-air and is working to determine the cause



To: Bilow who wrote (10057)11/12/2001 1:18:42 PM
From: Win Smith  Respond to of 281500
 
It is premature to say it's not a terrorist attack, but it's equally premature to say that it is. Engines have blown up on or fallen off of airliners before. It's not the most obvious mode for a terrorist attack.

A little news roundup:

255 People Said to Be Aboard; Homes in Queens on Fire nytimes.com

Official: Crash May Not Be Terror nytimes.com

Pilots Could Do Little if Engine Fell Off nytimes.com

Crash Jolts Residents From Their Beds nytimes.com