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Lloyd Parker wrote:
reason to use any other.
In any case the warning was addressed to "Iranian F-14" !
Graham
The Iran Air flight would be monitoring the allotted ATC frequency and have noIn article
kurtullman-C56BCA.11171106102006@customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx>,
Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:
In article <n3mci2p9ah579tq4d38b7emv85ksafipu1@4ax.com>,
John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:
What do you think about the Vincennes shooting down an Iranian Airbus then
?
From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3/newsid_4678000/4678707
.stm
"The USS Vincennes had tracked the plane electronically and warned
it to keep away. When it did not the ship fired two surface-to-air
missiles, at least one of which hit the airliner."
I think the airplane's pilot should have had the good sense to heed
the Vincennes' warning.
It is sorta the height of moral equivalancy to suggest that an
accident that we attempted to avoid by warning the plane is anywhere
near the same as anything else being discussed.
Further, there is no indication the pilot (1) was monitoring the frequency
used or (2) knew they were referring to his aircraft, as it was in a standard
commercial travel lane.
reason to use any other.
In any case the warning was addressed to "Iranian F-14" !
Graham