Peruvian airliner crashes in jungle

Here is the incomplete story:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americ....ap/index.html

Bush

Funny that they call it a "crash" in the headline and then later call
it an emergency gear up landing at an airport. Makes for good headlines
though.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
Funny that they call it a "crash" in the headline and then later call
it an emergency gear up landing at an airport.

We don't seem to be looking at the same article.

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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Funny that they call it a "crash" in the headline and then later call
it an emergency gear up landing at an airport. Makes for good headlines
though.


5 in one month. At least two have thunderstorms as a contributing factor.
We should remember that, the next time up in our spam cans, instrument rated
or not.

Ok, so if I can summarize for CNN:

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Tuesday's crash on a jungle highway, in a marsh, was apparently trying to
make an emergency landing in stormy weather, about 3 kilometers from the
airport's runway.

According to reports, the plane circled the airport until attempting to make
the emergency landing, and did not report any mechanical failures, but the
crash was possibly caused by a sudden change in wind speed or direction, a
phenomenon known as wind shear.

The plane made an emergency landing, it did not appear the crash was caused
by a technical failure, although, the plane "suffered some malfunction and
we went down".
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Yep, that about covers it.

AL






"Bushleague" wrote in message
...
Here is the incomplete story:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americ....ap/index.html

Bush