Uh oh! I can guess where this is going....

[cantonear1968]

Last night on the CBC's The Fifth Estate they ran a story about a possible cover up of the Swiss Air Flight that crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia:

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/swissair111/

On Friday, Sept. 16, at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT), the fifth estate investigates the crash of Flight 111 and reveals stunning allegations, meticulously documented by former RCMP officer -- Tom Juby -- the veteran crime scene investigator who suspects it might have been murder.

I first heard about this about 8 months ago from a respected Globe & Mail reporter (not by any means a conspiracy theorist), so there may be something to this. To quickly summarize, the RCMP officer in question found high levels of magnesium in the cockpit and feels an incendiary device may have been used as opposed to arcing wires, which was the conclusion of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

However, although this has nothing to do with 9/11, you can believe it has all the makings of "proof" of an inside job, along with Northwoods, Gulf of Tonkin, USS Liberty, Pearl Harbour, etc......

It's funny how everything seems to prove 9/11 was an inside job except 9/11 itself!
:D

[leftysergeant]

Yeah. Why would there be magnesium, of all things,:rolleyes: on board an aircraft?

[cantonear1968]

Yeah. Why would there be magnesium, of all things,:rolleyes: on board an aircraft?

I wouldn't pretend to know enough about magnesium to make a judgement either way. And I'm not agreeing with the RCMP officer or dismissing it. There was a respected investigative journalist who has looked into this and seems convinced there's more to the story than what was released by the TSB. But there's still a long way to go before anything is proven.

I'm only posting this as an FYI because I can see this being used as another fake example of "proof" of an inside job. It has all the hallmarks for truthers: a plane, an incendiary device and govt cover up.

We'll see.

[leftysergeant]

I wouldn't pretend to know enough about magnesium to make a judgement either way.

It is lighter and stronger than aluminum and thus widely used to make things that will be subjected to a lot of force, but which need to beas light as possible. Landing gear wheels are the first obvious use. Parts of the yoke assembly and various control levers come readily to mind. Maybe seat frames.

Perhaps someone with some knowledge of the construction of the aircraft in question could chime in on this.

[cantonear1968]

It is lighter and stronger than aluminum and thus widely used to make things that will be subjected to a lot of force, but which need to beas light as possible. Landing gear wheels are the first obvious use. Parts of the yoke assembly and various control levers come readily to mind. Maybe seat frames.

Perhaps someone with some knowledge of the construction of the aircraft in question could chime in on this.

Interesting.

I'll keep an eye on this and post any updates. The TSB has stuck by their investigation which ruled the crash was caused by electrical arcing which wiped out the hydraulic system causing the pilots to lose control. The plane plunged nose first into the Ocean at high speed.

Taking a different approach for a 9/11 connection, it suffered similar damage as Flight 93, ie it completely smashed apart. My sister-in-law was part of the recovery team to gather evidence off the beach as it washed up and, among the plane debris, were small body parts. The plane itself was smashed into small pieces on the bottom of the ocean.

[njslim]

Someone should inform this twit that the alloys used in aircraft construction contain
Magnesium !

7076

Chemistry Data : [top]

Aluminum Balance
Chromium 0.18 - 0.28
Copper 1.2 - 2
Iron 0.5 max
Magnesium 2.1 - 2.9
Manganese 0.3 max
Remainder Each 0.05 max
Remainder Total 0.15 max
Silicon 0.4 max
Titanium 0.2 max
Zinc 5.1 - 6.1

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Aluminum Balance
Chromium 0.1 max
Copper 3.8 - 4.9
Iron 0.5 max
Magnesium 1.2 - 1.8
Manganese 0.3 - 0.9
Remainder Each 0.05 max
Remainder Total 0.15 max
Silicon 0.5 max
Zinc 0.25 max