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in a short period of time. Very disturbing. No other details right now.

What is going on?

62 people on 1st plane, crash near Moscow
"Contact lost" with second plane according to Interfax

Oh my!

Crashed 4 minutes apart after taking off from the SAME AIRPORT. Not a coincidence.

Two Russian passenger jets crash
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 Posted: 6:04 PM EDT (2204 GMT)

(CNN) -- Two passenger planes have crashed in Russia Tuesday night, Russian officials and a news organization said.

A passenger jet carrying 34 passengers and eight crew members in the Tula region crashed about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Moscow, the ministry reported.

A second plane went down about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, government-run news agency Ria Novosti reported.

A ministry spokeswoman said she could only confirm that the second plane had been lost to radar.

The first plane disappeared from radar at 10:56 p.m. (2:56 p.m. ET), a ministry spokeswoman said.

The Tupolev-134 had taken off from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport and was en route to Volgograd, in southern Russia.

The second plane, a Tupolev-154, disappeared at 11 p.m. (3 p.m. ET) after having taken off from the same airport en route to Sochi in southern Russia, Ria Novosti reported.

There was no immediate word how many people were aboard the second plane.

The Tupolev-154 is a standard medium-range airliner on domestic flights in Russia, according to aviation websites.

Wow.

More News: Planes crashed 4 minutes apart after leaving from the SAME airport. Witnesses say there was an explosion before one of the planes crashed. They have not found the wreckage of the second plane yet.

I read the article on CNN's website and was quite alarmed. Especially when I read that they both took off from the same airport and then disappeared from radar. Remember that happened here. This is truly a frightening story.

Mary

I hate to say it, but I think it was planned... I really hate to say it, how sad...

Just say this report that the second Jet activated a hijacked signal

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... 8&ncid=716

"Debka" is reporting that Russian officials believe this was an Al-Queda operation.

I also believe it may have been terror related..

The planes took off from the same airport and crashed 4 minutes apart.. This has to be.. All signs point to it..

If these Russians say it wasn't.. I have 2 words.. "cover up"

Josephine96 wrote:I also believe it may have been terror related..

The planes took off from the same airport and crashed 4 minutes apart.. This has to be.. All signs point to it..

If these Russians say it wasn't.. I have 2 words.. "cover up"

What signs? Could have just been a tragic circumstantial coincidence. I hope they find out if it was or not and who is responsible. However, if they say it wasn't, I would have a hard time believing the Russians were trying to cover up anything. Why would they? To protect the Chechens? I doubt that.

The signs of the planes taking off from the same airport, the signs of the planes crashing only a couple minutes apart, and the report of somebody possibly sending out a signal saying 1 of the planes was hijacked

The first two don't point specifically to terrorism as a cause. That's more coincidence than anything.

Don't get me wrong -- if terrorists are to blame, they should be punished for it. But let's not get all up in arms every time there's a plane crash or an explosion at a refinery or anything where terrorism COULD be a cause, but is not necessarily the only possible cause.

True.. good point Duck

sounds suspicious to me as well.....
...Jennifer...

Not good! NOT GOOD!!!!!!!