What do you think happened to that Air France flight?

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  1. BLAZER PROPHET

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    Well doesn't that make us all feel better about it all. I have a fear of heights and falling from the sky is one of the last ways I'd like to die.

    Getting back to the plane... I would think that unless a bomb just flat out blew the plane apart, there would be some semblence of aerodynamic stability and the fall may have been 20-40 seconds. Terrifying.
     
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    My college roommate was on the Pan Am flight that was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland. My only solace was that he probably never knew what happened.
     
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    That is terrible. I think terrorists should be pursued to the ends of the earth and flat out killed very slowly.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Yep. It was a real turning point for me. I was your typical naive college liberal until that day.
     
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    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

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    Oh great...

    I've barely heard any coverage of the flight over here. They had a quick two minute report on it but apart from that I've heard nothing else about it... Do you hear a lot about it in the States?
     
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    Not a whole lot, actually. That is a concern in and of itself.
     
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    turbulence, imo.
     
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    depressurized cabin would put you to sleep in less than a minute.
     
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    what if they put their masks on?
     
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    whoa...this is news to me
     
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    bermuda triangle!
     
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    Wow.

    I have a theory that the government won't call anything a terrorist event anymore unless it is so obvious - so as to not give them the publicity which in turn makes doing such acts less attractive.

    Anybody with me on this?
     
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