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Common sense sadly missing
Reader comment on item: Why Did American Airlines 587 Crash?

Submitted by Big Bob (United States), Aug 31, 2004 at 15:49

Here, here for the ex-pilot questioning how such thing could happen in jet wash! I think it would be VERY interesting to go back to some of the live radio interviews done on the scene, immediatley following the crash, as they describe an event VERY differently from the ridicously contrived conclusion arrived at by the "experts". I am a refugee from the World Financial Center, and we were in our temporary "offices" where we had access to all the media coverage of the time. Clearly, we were more than generally attentive to this event. I put this up there with TWA #800 as 2 of the great coverups of our time.

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Aircraft Structual Strength [111 words]PilotRob@msn.comJan 9, 2008 06:47
aa587 Conspiracy [117 words]Ken OathNov 15, 2007 06:32
My DaD Died in Flight 587 when i was only 6 [135 words]Greysi SotoMay 23, 2007 10:43
Wake Turbulence and Pilot Error Definitely to Blame [256 words]F ArangoMar 1, 2007 09:00
↔ "Wake" up! [262 words]J.Jun 22, 2007 00:52
↔ Go back to sleep! [161 words]K. RowlingsSep 7, 2007 02:28
MY MOM AND BROTHER DIED ON FLIGHT 587 [209 words]CATHY RAMIREZFeb 28, 2007 11:34
↔ i feel ur pain [112 words]DeeOct 16, 2008 14:58
Thrust reverser activation. [71 words]Brian MorrisFeb 19, 2007 16:56
↔ Not only 587, but 800, 990 and 111 were sabotaged as well [100 words]hbJun 6, 2007 13:22
ok, its 2006, anyone know what really happened? [56 words]P. JeiselAug 30, 2006 01:24
↔ prior knowledge? [256 words]Mike A ScipioneSep 21, 2006 15:33
↔ Pilot Error [98 words]Arianna LFeb 13, 2007 18:07
NO PILOT ERROR OR WAKE TURBULENCE HERE. [201 words]JOHN BROGANNov 16, 2005 14:56
↔ A300 is a piece of junk [127 words]anonymousSep 8, 2006 15:58
↔ Airbus is a good mechanical plane!!! [46 words]MikeNov 11, 2006 18:35
↔ A lesson in Fluid Mechanics [401 words]anonymousFeb 10, 2007 18:43
↔ CONSPIRACY [42 words]COREYJan 31, 2009 17:54
↔ Shame on AirBus Management [32 words]CyrusJun 9, 2009 23:35
Was Abderraouf Jdey the Anthrax Mailer? [23 words]Kenneth J. DillonJul 22, 2005 08:18
Nothing new in AA 587 report [38 words]DaveOct 27, 2004 15:24
Pilot error now blamed for crash [1 words]Julia GlinerOct 26, 2004 12:42
↔ Ten Second Scenario [3173 words]Faucon XDec 15, 2008 09:09
Where is the information now? [60 words]Johnny RichardsOct 4, 2004 16:14
They Were Convinced it was Terrorism [77 words]Leonard W.Sep 18, 2004 17:15
Technically [43 words]kippySep 15, 2004 12:28
I have had similar suspicions since Reid was caught. [124 words]Aaron KulkisSep 13, 2004 19:21
Passenger List Shows No Canadian Passports [29 words]Paul DubucSep 9, 2004 02:53
Cover up to save the airline industry [92 words]CraigSep 8, 2004 04:33
↔ Composites the new frontier of Aviation Technology [514 words]StephenAug 27, 2006 13:23
Truth is the first casualty [333 words]N. MillerSep 7, 2004 16:02
AA 587 and inertia! [107 words]William SherriffSep 7, 2004 14:37
American Airlines Flt 87 Crash [149 words]G. LoveringSep 5, 2004 12:53
AA 587 accident a simple explanation, No terrorists involved! No bomb needed just Mother Nature! [168 words]William SherriffSep 4, 2004 17:00
Wake turbulence [405 words]SteveBSep 3, 2004 23:56
Witnesses [145 words]Kelly MeekSep 3, 2004 12:58
AA 587 - Crash theories [293 words]Thom OlsenSep 3, 2004 09:30
Private Investigation [235 words]StephenSep 3, 2004 09:18
WE KNOW WHAT WE SAW [52 words]Rockaway, NY WitnessSep 2, 2004 15:43
U.S.Read Analysis confirms fire/explosion as source [138 words]Victor TrombettasSep 2, 2004 11:56
What about TWA 800? [124 words]Karl DussikSep 1, 2004 01:25
Finally coming to light [187 words]P MonesAug 31, 2004 18:38
Purpose is Economic Devastation [215 words]BarbaraAug 31, 2004 18:13
John Gambling Show [99 words]John FlynnAug 31, 2004 17:35
⇒ Common sense sadly missing [111 words]Big BobAug 31, 2004 15:49
Agreeing with PSJ, BR, DP, and JV; RMcM and FK: see NTSB link below [201 words]Michael PoppersAug 31, 2004 15:00
Why didn't Richard Reid go in the bathroom? [163 words]R.J. SchulzeAug 31, 2004 13:49
I live 10 blocks from the crash site [237 words]Chris JonnyAug 31, 2004 13:34
Never Believed Flight 800 Was An Accident. [290 words]PsutAug 31, 2004 10:29
Shoe bomber and AA587 [140 words]Stan RevichAug 31, 2004 07:54
↔ AA 587 Why? [42 words]Bob the pilotFeb 26, 2007 14:15
FLT 587 [37 words]Chuck IngersonAug 31, 2004 07:18
The wrong victims... [106 words]MontyAug 31, 2004 06:57
Terror connection to AA 587-- hardly a new thought [383 words]J. Keen HollandAug 31, 2004 05:40
THANK YOU EVER SOO BLOODY MUCH [67 words]Natasha VeruschkaAug 31, 2004 03:08
Will all the sheep please stand up and be counted? [220 words]Kevin MacDuffAug 30, 2004 21:14
"Did a shoe-bomb take down AA Flight 857?" [116 words]Pete St.JeanAug 30, 2004 21:07
One possiblility on why the flight went down [59 words]Walter D'UllAug 30, 2004 20:38
Follow up on Passenger manifest [21 words]Bernard RossAug 30, 2004 20:29
Suggested Comment #5 [78 words]Rich McMahonAug 30, 2004 17:37
I thought so [49 words]Preston R PhillipsAug 30, 2004 17:23
See passenger manifest [45 words]Larry GoldsteinAug 30, 2004 17:00
Very Interesting [272 words]AvrahamAug 30, 2004 15:27
What is really going on? [147 words]Sam MoharebAug 30, 2004 15:11
I don't think so, but ... [67 words]dpierceAug 30, 2004 14:55
It's plausible [222 words]John W McGinleyAug 30, 2004 13:53
What about TWA 800? [82 words]Lisa MichelsonAug 30, 2004 13:18
Could this have been a test? [215 words]Marlene GoodmanAug 30, 2004 12:58
OUEENS PLANE CRASH [224 words]Fred KellerAug 30, 2004 12:01
Thanks for speaking up. [46 words]Michelle LongfellowAug 30, 2004 11:02
Timing of Crash [42 words]J VincentAug 30, 2004 10:38
Possible coverup? [100 words]Paul RinderleAug 30, 2004 09:14
AA 587 [174 words]Dave KAug 30, 2004 08:14
↔ NO BOMB - NON-CONTEMPORY RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM [74 words]JIM HELMSNov 8, 2006 12:44
↔ The explosion sound... [20 words]Christian valentinMar 2, 2007 00:04

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