Meteroite Narrowly Misses Airliner


	Meteroite Narrowly Misses Airliner

bferman

4-1-2007 1:57 AM

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 Wellington - Experts believe a meteorite, not space junk,  was more likely the cause of flaming debris that narrowly missed a  Lan Chile airliner over the South Pacific this week, according to  news reports Friday.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1284679.php/Meteorite_not_space_junk_blamed_for_airliners_near_miss"><P> New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) launched an inquiry  into the incident after debris fell close to the Airbus A-340,  carrying up to 300 people from Santiago to Auckland Tuesday night.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1284679.php/Meteorite_not_space_junk_blamed_for_airliners_near_miss"><P> A Russian satellite falling out of orbit was originally blamed for  the incident in which the jet was said to be only 40 seconds away  from disaster.  </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1284679.php/Meteorite_not_space_junk_blamed_for_airliners_near_miss"><P> The flight landed safely at Auckland Airport early Wednesday. The  CAA inquiry is likely to take a month. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C75FF9B0-5A74-4039-A154-F82A74091FB0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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