So the Lockerbie 747 crashed because of a short-circuit technical failure ?!

Catfish · 11-05-12, 08:51 AM

I do not like the "sensational" boasting tone, but ..

This was entirely new to me - interesting, i wonder what Ghaddafi would have said to this, or did he ?
And especially the agencies, who accused him of an act of terror, against this 747.

11-05-12, 09:42 AM

Now maybe I am getting really senile in my old age but if I recall correctly it wasn't TWA, it wasn't departing NY and it didn't crash in the Atlantic.
Maybe I am thinking of a different Lockerbie though.

August · 11-05-12, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

I do not like the "sensational" boasting tone, but ..

This was entirely new to me - interesting, i wonder what Ghaddafi would have said to this, or did he ?
And especially the agencies, who accused him of an act of terror, against this 747.

Wrong 747. The one in the video went into the ocean somewhere off Long Island in 1996. There was some speculation of an errant Navy missile being the cause but that was never proven.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-05-12, 10:40 AM

Definitely the wrong one.

MH · 11-05-12, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

I do not like the "sensational" boasting tone, but ..

This was entirely new to me - interesting, i wonder what Ghaddafi would have said to this, or did he ?
And especially the agencies, who accused him of an act of terror, against this 747.

Very fishy.

Catfish · 11-05-12, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

Now maybe I am getting really senile in my old age but if I recall correctly it wasn't TWA, it wasn't departing NY and it didn't crash in the Atlantic.
Maybe I am thinking of a different Lockerbie though.

Apart from that ^, all other details are right

- ok wrong flight, sorry all.
This is about an alleged missile attack on another 747, but was not - nothing to do with Lockerbie.

Herr-Berbunch · 11-05-12, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Apart from that all other details are right

- ok wrong flight, sorry all.

One detail, but I find it quite an important one.

So where does a Libyan leader now fit in? (sorry if it's answered in the video, TLDW.)

yubba · 11-06-12, 09:59 AM

Flight 800 747 thought to be brought down by a missle, but was said to be a short circuit in fuel tank sawed the nose off just ahead of the wing.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	So the Lockerbie 747 crashed because of a short-circuit technical failure ?! I do not like the "sensational" boasting tone, but .. This was entirely new to me - interesting, i wonder what Ghaddafi would have said to this, or did he ? And especially the agencies, who accused him of an act of terror, against this 747.

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Definitely the wrong one. __________________

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yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Flight 800 747 thought to be brought down by a missle, but was said to be a short circuit in fuel tank sawed the nose off just ahead of the wing.