Wellstone investigation

Mary Anne — 10/30/2002 1:57:15 PM (archived)

Hey, everybody!

Just before I went to bed (somewhat after I went to sleep) early this morning, I recall hearing dimly that investigators may have uncovered the reason for the Wellstone tragedy, but I can't find it anywhere in print or online. Admittedly, I haven't looked too hard yet.

My son was watching the TV, so that would be where I heard the drone of talking heads, and it sounded like a reporter, not a discussion group, so it may be more factual.

What I remember: the Wellstone aircraft took off just after a big JAL airliner and it got caught in the JAL's vortex. The pilots corrected for the problem and got caught in a second vortex (same JAL plane? I don't know) that waggled Wellstone's plane so badly the tail (and at least one engine?) snapped off. The weather is believed to have been a contributing, but not the determining, factor.

"Vortex" is not a word that inhabits my dreamscape, so I'm pretty sure I heard this. Does it make sense to anyone else here? Has anyone seen anything similar?

Trying to put this to rest--
Mary Anne

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Wellstone investigation - Mary Anne - 10/30/2002 1:57:15 PM
- SDAI probably used sympathetic vibrations to put the word "vortex" into your head n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 10/30/2002 5:41:42 PM
  - Woohaha I've been working on Mary Anne a long time now... ;-) n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/30/2002 9:47:53 AM
- That wasn't the Wellstone accident - Larry J - 10/30/2002 2:08:04 PM
  - Thanks, Larry - Mary Anne - 10/30/2002 5:42:31 PM
    - Re: Vortex - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2002 6:22:32 PM
      - Not just small planes - Larry J - 10/30/2002 1:56:24 PM
  - Aerospace expert's analysis of Flight 587 crash - Splinx - 10/30/2002 5:41:24 PM
    - Questionable expertise - Larry J - 10/30/2002 7:04:43 PM
      - Re: Questionable expertise - Splinx - 10/30/2002 7:57:25 PM
        
        One other thing - Larry J - 10/30/2002 1:47:17 PM
        
        Yaw Stability 101 - Larry J - 10/30/2002 1:23:41 PM
        
        "A puff of white smoke" - Splinx - 10/30/2002 4:52:33 PM
        
        Yes, and we've seen just how accurate eyewitness accounts are, haven't we? - Larry J - 10/31/2002 2:29:10 PM
        
        Apples and Oranges - Splinx - 10/31/2002 3:45:18 PM
        
        Everybody saw apples when they were really oranges - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2002 5:08:37 PM
        
        Let's look closer - Splinx - 10/31/2002 5:53:34 PM
        
        Re: Let's look closer - Larry J - 10/31/2002 6:31:42 PM
        
        Pie in the sky - Splinx - 10/31/2002 7:20:15 PM
    - Day 2 of 4- NTSB hearings on Flight 587 - RobVG - 10/30/2002 6:54:21 PM
    - analysis of Flight 587 crash - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2002 6:11:52 PM
      - Speculations - Splinx - 10/30/2002 6:33:46 PM
        
        Oh, THAT seems likely, Riiiight! n/t (n/t) - p - 10/30/2002 7:35:42 PM
        
        Thanks for the thoughtful response - n/t - Splinx - 10/30/2002 8:00:32 PM

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