On the off chance anyone else can't get into the news sites (many of them are crashing due to high server loads) or can't see their TVs. An A-300 Airbus crashed in the Far Rockaway area of Queens just after take off for a schedualed flight to the Dominican Republic. 255+ passengers aboard. Right now, it looks like the engine either burned out and ignited the fuel tanks, causing and explosion that sheared the engine and wing off, or another mechanical failure happened which caused the engine to seperate from the wing. The A-300 series has been involved in 8 major accidents worldwide since its inception in the 70's, right now the accident is believed to be unrelated to any terrorist activity and is assumed to be mechanical. At least twelve buildings are on fire in the Far Rockaway area. Jim _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+