Re: ot: another plane down in NY
Gotta agree with Tesco. Here's what we know so far:
Airbus 300 taking off from JFK--American flight 587 (I think I'm getting the number right) headed for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It crashed five minutes after takeoff in Rockaway, Queens (eyewitness reports place it on 129th street). Eyewitnesses are also saying the plane was flaming and debris was falling as it came down.
NTSB has been appointed as the lead investigative team, indicating the the government is starting with the assumption that this is an accident. However, Ari Fleischer (White House press sec'y) says no one is jumping to any conclusions either way. The cause is not known; black boxes are expected to be easy to recover, though, the crash being on land.
Preliminary passenger list: 246 passengers, 9 crew members.
Eric
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