Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!amdahl!mat From: mat@amdahl.UUCP (Mike Taylor) Newsgroups: net.aviation,net.astro Subject: Re: JAL crash Message-ID: <2151@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 15:32:26 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.2151 Posted: Fri Oct 25 15:32:26 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 29-Oct-85 01:05:58 EST References: <1286@daemen.UUCP> <1287@daemen.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 45 Xref: watmath net.aviation:2133 net.astro:1081 > > Q: If it is 2am in EDT it is 3pm Japanese Daylight Time. > > Was the the JAL reported missing from radar at about the > > 12pm- 2pm? > > > > ~~~~~ > > If it is 2am in Eastern then try doing this way: > ========================================================================== > | Japan | Bering | Alaska | Yukon | Pacific | Mount. | Central | Eastern | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | 7 pm. | 8 pm. | 9 pm. | 10 pm | 11 pm. | 12 mid | 1 am. | 2 am. | > ========================================================================== You forgot a few time zones. There is an 11 hour difference between JDT and PDT (also the date line, so actually +24-11 or +13). > > > And a day later in California there were reports of meteorites > > fall to the ground and producing some brush fires. > > > So what. There's fires all over the world, it doesn't mean anything. > 10% of all meterorites that survive can do any type of damage. > > Anyway, the report states that the tail section had its rear door > seal brake, ripping the door off its hinges, and striking the tail. _____? The cause has not yet been officially determined. The above is one of several theories. > A meteorite to do such damage has to be at least a good half a ton, > and would have been detected on radar. > (Anything less would burn up and not cause that type of damage.) A fast-moving meteorite of a few pounds could easily cause that kind of damage. It would have the same energy as a cannon shell. > > Nice try, but the argument is a tad lame. > -- > Kenneth "Worzel" Fung Before you pick on somebody, you should get your facts at least as straight as he did. -- Mike Taylor ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,sun}!amdahl!mat [ This may not reflect my opinion, let alone anyone else's. ]