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2007-01-14 Iraq

Moldovan plane that crashed in Iraq was downed

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Weather has been bad here for the past two weeks and continues to be bad. The acft at the link is not a 26. Info here was it was a second go around on a missed approach. I doubt the validity of this article. If you had a MANPAD, would you waste it on a turboprop Turkish TCN haul?

Posted by Besoeker 2007-01-14 02:30|| 2007-01-14 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Nope, if a terrorist had a Stinger/Strela class missile, he would have gone for one of the F-16s at takeoff or landing. That is when planes are most vulnerable - no space to jink or dive.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-14 04:51|| 2007-01-14 04:51|| Front Page Top

#3 "The plane is said to have crashed due to fog, but I saw no fog,"

I question the credibility here as well. Perhaps Ozcan couldn't see the fog due to the heavy mist and light rain in the area.

Posted by Grack Whaitle3696 2007-01-14 11:46|| 2007-01-14 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL!

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-14 12:27|| 2007-01-14 12:27|| Front Page Top

#5 I call BS.
Both Strela and Stinger are heat-seeking missiles. They would NOT have hit the fuselage of the aircraft unless it was on fire. They would have homed in on the engine exhausts. The photo on the page shows two SA-3 resupply vehicles (Zil-135 [1938 Ford4x6] trucks). SA-3 missiles are radar-guided, but require a TON of infrastructure to hit anything (launchers, acquisition radar, tracking radar, guidance radar, IFF, missile guidance vans, etc.). Sounds like someone just wants to bitch.

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