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Nevernose

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6. One hard bird strike to the cockpit...

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jul 11, 2017, 11:17 AM

Jul 2017

Weather, structural failure, suicidal pilot, fuel explosion, poor maintenance...the list of what can go wrong on an airplane is pretty long.

Shit just happens sometime, with no rhyme or reason, and good people die.

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Any Speculation Here That The Military Plane That Crashed Was..... [View all] global1 Jul 2017 OP

CNN said FBI on scene The Blue Flower Jul 2017 #1

Well, not until you brought it up... Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #2

sigh.Of course I did. We seem to be at war, although few will admit it. Hope I'm wrong librechik Jul 2017 #3

Who would shoot it down in Mississippi, though? Shell_Seas Jul 2017 #5

Good grief, it's a few hours in to the investigation Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #4

One hard bird strike to the cockpit... Nevernose Jul 2017 #6

Yup, planes are more fragile than we like to think Amishman Jul 2017 #10

Shot down by what? nt hack89 Jul 2017 #7

Ted Nugent? LanternWaste Jul 2017 #8

Mentioned early a major structural failure....ocurred Historic NY Jul 2017 #9

This plane appears to one of the oldest in the fleet hack89 Jul 2017 #11