Another Plane Down in New York

Another plane has crashed, this time in Queens. You can read a blurb at Yahoo. CNN.com isn't responding for me. LaGuardia, Newark and JFK are closed now. Update: 11/12 14:54 GMT by T : New reports indicate that the plane was departing from JFK, not arriving. Also, CNN has confirmed that this was American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus A 300. Update: 11/12 14:57 GMT by T : Further information is that the plane was en route to the Dominican Republic, and that the disaster actually involves two crash sites, not just one -- an engine fell from the plane some distance from the fuselage.

Comments

airbus, not 767

[jamesbrown1000]

it's an airbus A-300 jet, according to MSNBC. or it's a flying saucer, according to Fox News ... :)

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I cannot believe this

[Anonymous Coward]

The greatest terrorist attack on the US happened just two months ago and you have the gall to be discussing "Another Plane down in New York"?

GET SOME PRIORITIES!!

Foxnews is reporting that it was an Airbus 300...

[DAldredge]

Foxnews is reporting that it was an Airbus 300 that crashed after take off.

Re:Airbus

[Stele]

Yeah, they also said it was a Boeing Airbus, and the size info they got was from Boeing's web-site.

Um, yeah. Way to go CNN.

Bird in the engine.

[Gannoc]

If it indeed turns out that the plane crashed from a bird flying into the engine, we must react with swift and deadly force. No longer can birds, or the countries that tolerate their presence, hide from the justice they deserve.

Thank you, and God bless America.

Re:Nuke them now.

[smack_attack]

He's talking about Canada, even if they aren't the cause of the crash, we still need to nuke them.

Re:Before we even get started...

[4of12]

Makes you wonder if their machines are connected to siesmic sensors. :-(

Maybe they are connected to seismic sensors these days, but in the good old days they were connected to Ronald Reagan's EKG.

Re:An engine -fell off- the plane???

[goethean]

now, for 3 or 4 birds at the same time, or a big bird, it's another story)

...or Big Bird! We already know Bert's involved...

bug?

[CodeJudge]

Maybe this crash is a bug: there *were* 255 people on the plane...

const unsigned char NOT_A_PLANE = 0xff;

...

if (pcount == NOT_A_PLANE) {
// something horrible
}

Yeah, right. Glad I don't write avionic software.

Re:Federalization

[Anonymous Coward]

However, I would pick them over a bunch or right-wing gun nuts any day of the week.

ROFL! Sounds like you've pretty much cornered the market on paranoia.

Re:Rampant speculation is a good thing

[Paul Doom]

Wasn't there an episode of Miami Vice where some unsavory group was going to take out a Concorde with a Stinger?

Re:Federalization

[sllort]

How do you tell the "ordinary Americans" from the "evil Hijackers?"

Top Ten signs your "ordinary American" is actually an "evil Hijacker":

1. Never shows anger; instead inquires as to what building you work in
2. .
3. Owns only house on the street the Jehova's Witnesses don't pester anymore.
4. Won't eat Vlasic kosher dills because they are "Zionist brain control pickles".
5. Will often mutter phrases like "Death to the Patriots" or "Kill All Crusaders", even when your team isn't playing the Crusaders or New England.
6. Doesn't often watch Friends.
7. Relatively uninterested in Christmas; often refers to Santa as "that fat Capitalist fuck"
8. .
9. Has a "Nuclear Power: the safe, clean alternative" bumper sticker.
10. Often complains that women in full biohazard gear are "showing too much skin".
11. Calls to ask "how do you feel" every time he sends you a Christmas Card.
12. Has 10,000 pounds of fertilizer in the basement "for the garden"
13. .

The War on Birds begins!

[rebelcool]

We must seek these birds out in their nests before they strike again!

Dick, lets launch some tomahawks! I like their perdy smoke trails...