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OK, mirage. Glad you fly with an instructor....but, how many hours do you have? Is he instructing, or are you just flying with him??
Originally posted by mirageofdeceit
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TWA Flight 800, and specifically the part where it is to do entirely with the way the TWA crash was investigated. It has every relevance to Flight 93.
If nothing else, it demonstrates a trend of ignoring facts, and drawing false conclusions based, not least, on bad data.
If you really were in the USAF, and really did study crash investigation, I'm surprised you can't see this TBH.
If you can't see the relevance of the TWA investigation as it relates to the Flight 93 investigation, and the manner in which the conclusions don't fit the facts, and demonstrate unequivocally that key evidence was ignored during the investigation, then I'll try and clarify.
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USAF, by USC. Need proof?
If you're offering, I'm asking.
Originally posted by beachnut
With a course in aircraft accident investigation, it is easy to see Flight 93 impact is normal, not some fantasy story made up by people who lack knowledge on physics and aircraft accident investigation.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Yes everyone knows the NTSB does accidents! 800 was an accident, and suspected to be a bombing or some other incident. BUT, since they had no PROOF of it being a CRIME, the NTSB had to do a FULL up investigation and use the FBI to check for BOMBS and EXPLOSIVES. Therefore they tried to reconstruct 800 to FIND EVIDENCE of CRIME, or the mode of failure in the design. There is a NTSB REPORT on 800, it was not found to be a crime. But gee, there are a lot of crazy ideas about 800 and it is a CT like 93 for those who lack knowledge to understand the evidence and make a rational conclusion.
Originally posted by beachnut
Flight 800 was a criminal investigation 2 times. First the mid-air explosion was originally believed to be casued by a bomb.
The second criminal investigation was when witnesses stated they saw a missile. So flight 800 was a crime scene just like Flight 93.
Flight 800 hit the water at high speed, the Navy was still able to recover lots of pieces to do a reconstruction. So why have not seen a reconstruction done of Flight 93 as part of the criminal investigation?
800 witnesses did not see a missile, they saw reflections in the ocean of the in-flight break up of a large aircraft burning. Sorry, no missile, that is why they had to reconstruct, to find evidence for the malfunction or a missile/bomb. Visual illusions do not become real missiles; the falling debris on fire falls as the reflections "rise" to meet at impact; the missile is born! For those who have seen visual illusions, they can understand how an illusion overrides reality, I do. On Flight 93 it takes no great skill to see a terrorist flew 93 into the ground. Due to the passengers figuring out 9/11 in minutes, a feat 9/11 truth is failing to accomplish after 6 long years of making up lies and false ideas void of evidence.
Flight 93 was known to be a terrorist act! When they decoded the FDR they found no bomb evidence, the plane was perfect when it hit. I suspect an engine could have fallen off with all the bad flying, but no, the engine was still working. Too bad they have a FDR!
Just what do you put back together when a plane hits at 600 mph? What parts survive? Have you ever seen a 600 mph impact? Flight 175 at the WTC was close to 600 mph, that is what happens, the plane is smashed up into tiny pieces, save a few ejected pieces sheared off. Parts are ejected from the impact area with great energy. Go ahead take something and do your own 600 mph impact study.
So you do understand 93's impact is what it should look like? You are an AF person with experience? 93's impact is exactly what a high speed impact looks like, it is to simple to figure out.
Go to an Air Show at an Air Force Base and seek out a trained Flight Safety Officer, and ask him to explain why 93 is a classic high speed impact.
Originally posted by beachnut
Yes everyone knows the NTSB does accidents!
After the crash, the FBI immediately formed a Missile Team, which included an agent who was a former fighter pilot. The team also included military missile experts. This team, combined with the Suffolk County police, zeroed in on a dozen credible eyewitnesses. The team went to the location where each witness saw the events and using GPS and a hand bearing compass, they triangulated potential launch locations for at least 2 shoulder-fired missiles. This is documented in a letter to their superiors. Released under FOIA in 1999, it was clear from their letter that the FBI missile team believed missiles had been fired at Flight 800. However, James Kallstrom would have none of it! He demanded they bring him a "smoking gun", a piece of physical evidence that could prove a missile had been fired.
This search for a "smoking gun" led the missile team to initiate an elaborate dredging operation to look specifically for Stinger missile parts. The Stinger is a US made MANPADS missile. The press was told the dredging was being done to look for every last part of the aircraft and missing victims. However, the dredging operation was not centered over the aircraft wreckage site, it was centered over the location identified by the missile team as possible launch points. The FBI missile team hired 3 scallop trawlers to dredge an area with a radius of 2.7 nautical miles, which just happens to be the range of a Stinger missile. Each trawler was equipped with 2 FBI agents with detailed instructions, including drawings, of how to recognize Stinger missile components. The trawling maps are annotated "Per FBI - Possible Missile Launch Zone - 2.7nm.". This operation went on for nearly 6 months before being abruptly cancelled. No one knows if they found what they were looking for.
We’ve called on our dive teams—now officially known as Underwater Search and Evidence Response Teams, or USERTs—many times over the years since the first one was launched in 1982. For example:
When TWA Flight 800 exploded over the Atlantic in 1996, our New York team helped scour a 40-square mile patch of the ocean floor, recovering the remains of all 230 victims and 96 percent of the airplane.
Payne Stewarts plane was trimmed to fly at climb speed! It ran out of fuel, it landed at a speed close to climb speed. Before you compare the crashes, you need the speed.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Here are photos of Payne Stewarts Learjet crash.
The plane hit the ground at very high speed almost straight in (like Flight 93) but even the smaller plane left debris that can be identified.
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... Federal Bureau of Investigation did a parallel investigation into the crash. On November 18, 1997, the FBI that no evidence had been found of a criminal act and the NTSB assumed sole control on the investigation. Parallel is the key here.
Originally posted by beachnut
Did Payne Stewart's plane hit at 600 mph? If not then there is less damage.
Impact occurred approximately 1713Z, or 1213 local, after a total flight time of 3 hours, 54 minutes, with the aircraft hitting the ground at a nearly supersonic speed and an extreme angle.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Originally posted by beachnut
Did Payne Stewart's plane hit at 600 mph? If not then there is less damage.
Gee its so fun and easy to prove you wrong since you do not do any research. You really should try it sometime.
Payne Stewarts plane hit at near the speed of sound.
en.wikipedia.org...
Impact occurred approximately 1713Z, or 1213 local, after a total flight time of 3 hours, 54 minutes, with the aircraft hitting the ground at a nearly supersonic speed and an extreme angle.
Besides we have the government documents that already state that Flight 93 was intercepted, which shows reasonable doubt in the offical story.
[edit on 16-8-2008 by ULTIMA1]
Because the aircraft impacted at nearly supersonic speed and at an extremely steep angle, none of its components remained intact. Therefore, our investigators had to painstakingly examine the fragmented valves, connectors, and portions of other aircraft parts before they could draw any conclusions about the accident's cause. www.ntsb.gov...
Originally posted by beachnut
800 has nothing to do with 93. 93 was an act of terrorist, 800 was an design flaw! Terrorist act is not an accident, a flaw in the design is an accident.
"I am an Air Force veteran. I was serving at Langley AFB, Virginia on Sept. 11. (not to be confused with CIA headquarters at Langley, VA). The "Alert Squadron" of 4 F-16 Falcons also stationed at Langley AFB was scrambled AFTER the "plane" crashed into the Pentagon. Because of my position as a ground equipment mechanic, I had access to the flightline operations that day. My friends were Crew Cheifs and Weapons Loaders, among other professions on the flightline that day. One of my [unusual] duties that day was to drive a Loader (personal friend) along with a rack of live missiles (AIM-9's and AIM-120's) across the active runway to the Alert Squadron and drop them off. I was towing equipment to the flightline, so when it was time to go back and pick up the Loader (and our missile trailer) I was unable to do so, but another member of my Flight (a good friend, and later roommate) did go. According to my roommate (and I later confirmed with the Loader) the Loader was completely silent most of the trip back to our side of the base, after they crossed the active, he spoke. "They shot one down." JJ replied "WHAT?" Loader: "One of those 16's came back with one less missile than it left with" That was all. As they pulled back in to the squadron area, The loader was whisked away by his commanders for debriefing. I didn't see him for a few days, but when I did, he said he couldn't talk about it, but he confirmed that what my roommate had told me was true.
Originally posted by beachnut
93 was flown into the ground by terrorist, 800 fell apart at altitude.
Originally posted by beachnut
With a course in aircraft accident investigation, it is easy to see Flight 93 impact is normal, not some fantasy story made up by people who lack knowledge on physics and aircraft accident investigation.
Originally posted by beachnut
So you have proof of an intercept? That is funny. Good for you! You need to go get your Pulitzer Prize before someone beats you to it. Or was that an editorial "WE"?
It is neat you present the facts, from the NTSB showing 93's impact is just like a high speed impact. You sure jumped on the speed issue. But then you opened the door on the damage similarities of 93 and the LearJet. (www.ntsb.gov...) Better yet, you show photos of scrap metal of Payne Stewarts plane; so much like 93.
I guess you are right, both 93 and Payne Stewart look a lot like high speed impacts.