Pilot Reports 'Missile' Fired at Jetliner Near LAX (11/28/05)

FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend
investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American
Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.
Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en
route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from
LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed.

The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass
by the cockpit.

FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may
never know if that's what it actually was.

http://www.kyw1060.com/news_archives...wsitemid=50753

"David" wrote in message
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Pilot Reports 'Missile' Fired at Jetliner Near LAX (11/28/05)

FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend
investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American
Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.
Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en
route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from
LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed.

The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass
by the cockpit.

FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may
never know if that's what it actually was.

http://www.kyw1060.com/news_archives...wsitemid=50753

Very possible. Some model rockets can do that pretty easily. A typical
bottle rocket, no way.

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:37:28 -0600, "MnMikew"
wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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Pilot Reports 'Missile' Fired at Jetliner Near LAX (11/28/05)

FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend
investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American
Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.
Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en
route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from
LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed.

The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass
by the cockpit.

FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may
never know if that's what it actually was.

http://www.kyw1060.com/news_archives...wsitemid=50753

Very possible. Some model rockets can do that pretty easily. A typical
bottle rocket, no way.


I don't think model rockets are allowed near the airport.

"David" wrote in message
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On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:37:28 -0600, "MnMikew"
wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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Pilot Reports 'Missile' Fired at Jetliner Near LAX (11/28/05)

FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend
investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American
Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.
Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en
route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from
LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed.

The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass
by the cockpit.

FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may
never know if that's what it actually was.

http://www.kyw1060.com/news_archives...wsitemid=50753

Very possible. Some model rockets can do that pretty easily. A typical
bottle rocket, no way.


I don't think model rockets are allowed near the airport.

Neither are boxcutters and sissors. But the FAA has box loads of them. I
wonder what they do with all those things confiscated at airports? Ebay?
They make so-called "quarter-mile" bottle rockets but I'm not sure how far
they actually fly. Might have to try some out next summer. :-)