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Old November 13th, 2001, 02:37 AM
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Default Re: ot: another plane down in NY

lets see.. it banked to the right as it was crashing. the right engine had over 9000 operating hours since its Last major overhaul, which are scheduled every 10000 hours. not criminal neglect exactly, but airlines have always been good at doing just the bare minimum.

in any event, it seems to be pretty clearly a mechanical failure. no cause for alarm, it happens about once every 1.5 years or so to a major airline. move along, nothing to see.

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