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Small Plane Crashes near 1st MEF...

Posted: 2003-03-20 05:45am
by MKSheppard
Up on Fox News:

According to Major Garrett reporting from the Pentagon,
a small aircraft - perhaps a Cessna-type aircraft - has
crashed near the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

Originated from Iraq & could be one of these crop-duster
like drones capable of carrying chemical and/or biological agents.

I've heard CNN is now carrying this story and that
it crashed within sight of a Marine...but cannot confirm it
on Live CNN feed, thanks to my mother sleeping down here...

Re: Small Plane Crashes near 1st MEF...

Posted: 2003-03-20 05:48am
by Admiral Valdemar
MKSheppard wrote:Up on Fox News:

According to Major Garrett reporting from the Pentagon,
a small aircraft - perhaps a Cessna-type aircraft - has
crashed near the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

Originated from Iraq & could be one of these crop-duster
like drones capable of carrying chemical and/or biological agents.

I've heard CNN is now carrying this story and that
it crashed within sight of a Marine...but cannot confirm it
on Live CNN feed, thanks to my mother sleeping down here...
A chemical gas drone? I heard those things were smaller R/C planes though since a Cessna sized craft is far to vulnerable.

Re: Small Plane Crashes near 1st MEF...

Posted: 2003-03-20 06:10am
by EmperorMing
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
A chemical gas drone? I heard those things were smaller R/C planes though since a Cessna sized craft is far to vulnerable.
If that is all they had to use....

Posted: 2003-03-20 06:44am
by Vympel
It was probably just a defector, or some relatively well-off Iraqi trying to get away.

Posted: 2003-03-20 06:46am
by theski
Gotta go with Vympel, I guess stealing all that money from the Iraqi people dosen't do you any good when you are dead..