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Another Plane Down in New York

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the breaking-news-mode dept.

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.

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  1. airbus, not 767 by jamesbrown1000 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  2. I cannot believe this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!!

  3. Re:Airbus by Stele · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  4. Bird in the engine. by Gannoc · · Score: 2, Funny
    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.

  5. Re:Nuke them now. by smack_attack · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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  6. Re:Before we even get started... by 4of12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  7. Re:An engine -fell off- the plane??? by goethean · · Score: 2, Funny

    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...

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  8. bug? by CodeJudge · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

  9. Re:Rampant speculation is a good thing by Paul+Doom · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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  10. The War on Birds begins! by rebelcool · · Score: 5, Funny
    We must seek these birds out in their nests before they strike again!

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

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