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From: mat@amdahl.UUCP (Mike Taylor)
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Subject: Re: JAL crash
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 15:32:26 EST
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> > 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.  ]