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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2013, 05:18 PM Apr 2013

New York police find 'part of 9/11 plane landing gear' [View all]

Source: BBC

New York Police have found part of the landing gear of what is believed to be one of jets flown into the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.

The piece - including a clearly visible Boeing identification number - was found wedged between two New York City buildings, police said.

It was found on Wednesday by surveyors inspecting a lower Manhattan building.

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The New York Police Department has secured the area behind 51 Park Place and 50 Murray Street as a crime scene.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22319253

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New York police find 'part of 9/11 plane landing gear' [View all] Bosonic Apr 2013 OP

The link below has more info and PHOTOS Tx4obama Apr 2013 #1

Is it just me, or it is a weird coincidence that... CincyDem Apr 2013 #2

another coincidence thesquanderer Apr 2013 #5

Isn't the Community Centre already up and running? Brimley Apr 2013 #6

Yeah, she's worth an exception. mountain grammy Apr 2013 #23

Not really, wasn't that building hit by debris and condemned? sweetloukillbot Apr 2013 #8

There is some suggestion that it may have been planted there to raise hell MADem Apr 2013 #32

So much for reconstruction Politicalboi Apr 2013 #3

There are plenty of cases where the NTSB doesn't reconstruct Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #7

Reconstruction is done to help determine the cause of a crash. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #11

I can only assume that this find contradicts your favorite conspiracy theory (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #13

Yep, keep telling yourself that. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #21

Why would they reconstruct a plane when we know why it went down (it was flown into a building)? nt SylviaD Apr 2013 #22

Yeah, because the cause of that crash was such a huge fucking mystery. Codeine Apr 2013 #24

Would a landing gear have a braided rope like that? louis-t Apr 2013 #4

Just looks like scrap except for... CincyDem Apr 2013 #14

Probably the nose gear. Cables are used for turning. Angleae Apr 2013 #34

No big surprise... Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #9

And what of the Pentagon? Brimley Apr 2013 #10

Paging Alex Jones... progressoid Apr 2013 #12

Nonsense. GoneFishin Apr 2013 #15

Oh dear Gawd here we go... alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #16

Planes? What planes? jberryhill Apr 2013 #17

No windows! Odd asymmetrical "pod"! alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #18

There is no dungeon jberryhill Apr 2013 #19

Gahahaha alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #20

Pictures convey the narrow gap between the adjacent buildings. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #25

I hope they get the rest of the 'debris' from that small space. remains? :( Sunlei Apr 2013 #26

Pfff shape shifting lizard missile lasers don't have landing gears. Who are they trying to fool? octothorpe Apr 2013 #27

MIHOP or LIHOP... ileus Apr 2013 #28

How did it get in there? Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2013 #29

This WAS one of the bits that flew off Hekate Apr 2013 #30

This is near Murray & Church where an engine was found William Seger Apr 2013 #31

good clear vid, yes it clearly shows several large parts ejected in that direction. Sunlei Apr 2013 #33