Got this while ago, just downloaded it. I'm sure some of you are already
aware; but,
just in case.

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Garrison St.Clair" <gunslinger@insaro.org>
To: "1.Distribution.List.LIMITED" <distribution.list.admin@insaro.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: [sar-l] AIRCRAFT CRASH: USA-NY - AA587 - ADVIOSRY #01

>
>
> American Airlines flight 587 from New York City to Santo
> Domingo, Dominican Republic crashed shortly after take-off (0915 EST) from
> John F. Kennedy airport on Monday, the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration
> said.
> The wide-body Airbus A-300 twin engine passenger jet crashed five miles
from
> the airport in a residential area of Rockaway, in the Queens borough of
New
> York City, said FAA spokesman William Shumann.
>
> The FAA said it had "no information on what caused the crash."
>
> Last contact with aircraft approximately 1 minute after takeoff.
>
>  246 passengers and 9 crewpersons on board.
>
> 12 Buildings struck.
>
> 4 known fires.
>
> Engine may have separated from fuselage.
>
> Eyewitness accounts differ as to fire/explosion/smoke.
>
> NYC at Level I Alert.
>
> All bridges and tunnels to and from NYC have been closed to non-emergency
> traffic as a precautionary measure.
>
>
> Gunslinger
>
> Gunslinger's First Law of SAR:
>        "SAR is for the serious, not the well meaning."
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