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| Report: Al Qaeda blamed for Iranian plane crash |
| 2003-02-26 |
| Al-Qaeda's silence on last week's crash of an IRGC plane has increased the likelihood of sabotage, Tehran Times said Wednesday, quoting an aerospace expert. According to remarks by five eyewitnesses, the expert added, they reported seeing the flash of lights, sparks and glitters resulting from an explosion inside the cockpit. The expert went on to say that according to international standards the crashed Ilyushin airplane had been in best flight condition and the pilot, who had carried out a high number of sorties, did not send any message to the control tower concerning poor vision or impaired flight systems. The expert concluded by denying the possibility of technical problems or pilot error as the reason for the crash and cited terrorist operations as the most likely cause of the tragedy. A Russian-built Ilyushin-76 carrying 276 personnel of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) last Wednesday crashed into the Sirch mountain, southeastern province of Kerman killing all on board. Studies into the causes of the incident are still continuing. The IRGC are not bloodthirsty enough for Al Qaeda? Most likely they just flew the plane into the ground. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 It was a Russian Ilyushin. Any questions? http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/04/siberia.crash.history/ |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-02-26 14:11:52 |
| #7 Yank's comment was right on! If you are not willing to write it off as Allah's will, and you do not have an NTSB, and you are not willing to consider the possibilities of pilot error or maintenance issues, as well as sabotage then pick a scapegoat and run with it. As a pilot, my personal motto is: learn from the best, or die with the rest. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-26 12:57:57 |
| #6 WHY THE ISLAMIC WORLD IS A FAILURE Two cultures - One loses a space shuttle and immediately starts looking inward for causes. The other loses a plane and starts to blame others (because of Al Queda's silence?) for the accident. This is the picture of a winner culture (find the problem and fix it) and a loser culture (distort and blame others). |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-02-26 12:17:47 |
| #5 "It was a Russian Ilyushin. Any questions?" Didn't you read the above? Life's about more than engineering, TGA. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-02-26 18:15:19 |
| #4 mhw: John Edwards channeled them. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-26 09:55:28 |
| #3 How could 'eyewitnesses' tell there was an explosion inside the cockpit? This is obvious bs. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-02-26 09:07:24 |
| #2 Hey, if the Iranians want to blame al-Qaeda, all the better. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-02-26 08:59:39 |
| #1 If there was sabotage, it wasn't by al Qaeda. It was by the Iranian opposition, or the Iranian commies. And, why would the government announce that? So, blame al Qaeda (who has no reason to attack Iran). I personally think it was weather or pilot error. Oh, the humanity of it all... |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-26 08:48:05 |