[meteorite-list] Space junk re-entry just misses Chilean jet liner

2007-03-29 Thread Kevin Forbes
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

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2007-03-29 Thread Chris Peterson
- 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

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2007-03-29 Thread dean bessey
--- Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odds are, this thing actually burned up many kilometers above the plane. Chris The pilot also claims to have herd a loud noise which means it must have been pretty close to hear that above the sound of the plane. Also he saw pieces in front of and

Re: [meteorite-list] Space junk re-entry just misses Chilean jet liner

2007-03-29 Thread dean bessey
--- Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odds are, this thing actually burned up many kilometers above the plane. Chris The pilot also claims to have herd a loud noise which means it must have been pretty close to hear that above the sound of the plane. Also he saw pieces in front of and

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2007-03-29 Thread richard rumble
] 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

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2007-03-29 Thread AL Mitterling
One has to just love Harvey Nininger. A man very much ahead of his time. Though there are more aircraft in the air today, and they fly at higher altitudes than in Nininger's time, there are also many more automobiles these days. Best! --AL Nininger Moment #17 - Air Pilots and Meteor Hazards