Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site ctvax Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!ctvax!kerry From: kerry@ctvax Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: another one bites the dust Message-ID: <33200003@ctvax> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 16:51:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ctvax.33200003 Posted: Thu Aug 8 16:51:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 03:21:53 EDT References: <4886@allegra.UUCP> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:allegra.UUCP:-488600:ctvax:33200003:000:485 Nf-From: ctvax!kerry Aug 8 15:51:00 1985 Actually, the aircraft began to break up after the left main landing gear and undercarriage struck two cars travelling on a highway north of the airport. The L-1011 then went into a left bank and collided with a low-profile water storage tank and burst into flames. The aircraft's engines were at full throttle when the plane struck the tank. NTSB investigators said that 8 minutes after the airplane crashed (6:08 CDT), the sensors at the north end of 17L detected a wind shear....