Mulling over LEE LOFASO to STEVE ASHER 26 Dec 2004

G'day Lee...

SA>As I understood the official legend of the hijacked plane in Pennsylvania,
SA>it crashed, following a heroic struggle by the passengers against a number
SA>of hijackers, but it always seemed more plausible that it had been shot
SA>down before it could reach its intended target.

 LL> If it crashed, without having been shot down, can it be determined?

Trained investigators, with access to flight recorders, witness statements,
logs of mobile phone calls etc should be able to determine the cause. If
it wasn't shot down, there must have been a reason for the crash. If the
passengers managed to overpower the hijackers & enter the flight deck,
you would think at that point they would have control of the plane, &
could at least keep it flying level, with help from cabin crew until
they could notify air traffic control... even if the plane was doomed
due to noone being able to land it. There is too much to consider, but
try a search on [ "Flight 93" cause of crash ] and see what you come
up with. It is possible that the terrorists did have a bomb & did
detonate it, but this is contradicted by eyewitness accounts of other
planes / missiles.

If it did crash due to passengers overpowering the hijackers, you would
think it would be largely intact until it hit the ground, & then break
up & scatter debris over perhaps hundreds of yards. I find it a bit hard
to believe that debris would be found 6 miles away, as in a US ABC News
report from 13/9/2001. That would be possible if it had broken up while
still airborne.

SA>Now that Rumsfeld has confirmed that it was shot down, the questions
SA>remain as to who shot it down, how, and on whose orders?

 LL> According to seismologists, the plane crashed, without having been
 LL> shot down.  According to them, there is irrefutable evidence, based
 LL> on data shown by their instruments, that the plane was not shot
 LL> down.  But is it possible that the scientists' interpretation of
 LL> that data is flawed? 

It is possible. Apparently, the seismologists put the time of the crash
at 10:06am, but the "black box" tape ends at 10:03, meaning that the
cause of the crash (bomb, missile etc) isn't recorded. Very convenient.

 LL> If Rummy's remark about the plane having been shot down is true, it
 LL> raises a lot of questions.  It all brings to light the possibility
 LL> that it was not Muslim fanatics who brought down the WTC Twin
 LL> Towers, damaged the Pentagon, etc.  Instead, it could be something
 LL> far sinister... 

"Operation Northwoods" is the theory - "9/11" is the practical.

Cheers, Steve..

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