So far, I've heard nothing to make me think that anything from space,
natural or otherwise, came within a few kilometers of this plane. Is
there anything to support this other than the report of the pilot? I've
found that pilots, in general, provide some of the worst quality meteor
reports. I'm doubtful that many pilots are capable of judging the
distance to a meteor. Odds are, this thing actually burned up many
kilometers above the plane.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:25 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Space junk re-entry just misses Chilean jet
liner
Burning space junk falls near passenger plane
NZPA | Wednesday, 28 March 2007
The Civil Aviation Authority will investigate how falling space junk
came
within kilometres of a passenger flight into Auckland today.
The pilot of the Chilean plane saw the burning debris both in front
and
behind the aircraft while flying across the Pacific before landing
safely at
Auckland International Airport, One News reported tonight.
Russian authorities had warned an obsolete satellite was expected to
fall in
the area, but it happened 12 hours early.
A CAA spokesman said details had not yet been passed on to the
authority,
but a safety investigation would be launched once a report on the
incident
was received.
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Kevin.
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