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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:03 AM Original message |
Plane shot down over rebel-held city in Libya |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Another update below |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. AJ English just showed photos of the plane going down in flames. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. woot |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Photo links below of plane on fire and going down |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Here's the one where it hit the ground |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. Here's a link to the amazing photo AJE was showing |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Wow, thanks. I've uploaded it to my Imageshack account so it can be added here... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Screenshot of AJE's broadcast... |
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winstars (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Did anyone see Rebels shoot it... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. AJE's Tony Birtely was live on the phone @ the time and just before he was saying "fire is going up" |
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JanDutchy (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Live video , showed the pilot did it |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Definitely looked like a mechanical failure. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Did what ? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. Looks like it was an anti-Gaddafi plane. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. It's hard to know which side this plane was on. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Revolutionaries are claiming it was theirs. Wouldn't be surprised if mechanical failure... |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. AJE reporting "it seems to be a rebel plane" |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Tony Birtley said it was apparently shot down by Gaddafi forces |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. The Guardian on plane shot down: "The rebels now concede it was their only plane" |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So did they shoot their own plane down ? |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's not clear at this point which side shot it down |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Sounds more like an own goal to me. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thast is PRECISELY what one reporter said |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. We're more into football/soccer here in UK , |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Easy to imagine |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. Sky News are saying the dot on the left of the plane is the pilot ejecting... |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Probably not gonna like what happens when he lands. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Al Jazeera English just reported that apparently the pilot didn't make it out alive n/t |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That was my original point. |
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timo (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
29. they shot their own plane down?? |
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