EDITIED. VERSION 2.0
ok, here we go, at the top.....
Perhaps, if they were in a boat and fired a missle at the aircraft.
sure, and what witnesses saw this missile shooting into the sky. how could they all see the explosion but not see the missile shoot up. they leave a large trail of smoke.
second, missle explosons are nasty. they don't actually make contact with their target, they explode next to their target. this would have blown LARGE chunks off of the airplane and wing. the plane would have blow into many pieces. this is what happened with the twa flight plane. an engine didn't blow off, the whole wing and midsection exploded. (whether by a missle or not is besides the point)
second, what is the terrorist motivation to shoot this down (or even twa 800). terrorist like events that are very public and very messy. this one was neither. even if there was a missle that shot down twa 800, they would have realized that it never got press.
third, the air force has been flying conitinous air coverage with awacs. they would have detected a missile. i am sure this would come out.
Actually I trust live television more than any other news medium. They don't have time to make it into something it isn't. While "first reports" are definitely not accurate, I can see what the story was initially, and how it developed into what it is now.
ok, i don't trust any of the news media. i think any conclusions that the ntsb is making publicly is being pressured by the press. i seriously doubt they are making any decisions as to the cause for a long period of time.
the media tends to be very uncredible when making judgments as to why these types of things tend to happen.
Granted. I just can't see turbulence shearing an engine off in a manner that would cause the wing to be instantly engulfed in flames. The fuel blows back, not to the side. But that's beond the point.
ok, now were are arguging specifics of how the plane "exploded". i have yet to see ANY specific eye witness accounts as to how this expleded sidways, backwards ect.
There were over 200 people who witnessed flight 800 go down. Among them where very credible witnesses.
again, i doubt these are credible. (my above mentioned story)
but even if its true, i doubt this has a huge barring on the current investigation. there arn't 200 eye witness accounts, and i doubt they are in agreement of anything. let me know when you have interviewed them and have credible accounts.
I want the NTSB to show me what happened, in an objective manner. Instead they say "all evidence so far points toward an accident", which means that they've thrown out the little details that are perplexing me still.
i think you are taking their quote out of context. at this point in the investigation, i think they are saying there is no direct link to terrorism. they arn't gonna call this an open and close case by the end of the week. they won't come to a final decision for months.
my point is simply of a couple of comments have been made about the investigaion, prolly by people who arn't compeletly qualified to make them. the real investigation will take long time. this is the most scrutinized airplane crash ever. there is gonna be a ton of speculation about this event, very little of which is credible.
also, about flight twa 800. i have heard alot of the evidence abou the missile theory. i think a lot of people both within and outside the ntsb gave it credit. in my opinion, the reason that judgement was not rendered was that there was another credible explination and they have to reason to think that it was a terrorist attack. apart from the evidence from the plane crash and eye witness acounts, there is little other evidence supporting it. regardless, i don't think the situation is applicable.
Anyways, moving along...
