[Gllug] World trade centre

[David Irvine]

Ian Norton wrote:

>
>On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 07:33:20PM +0100, David Irvine wrote:
>
>>David Damerell wrote:
>>
>>I find the idea of shooting planes down to stop them  crashing a bit 
>>silly. I  guess its better than crashing into a densly populated area 
>> but still.
>>
>this policy is reality, it was one of the more morally difficult questions i
>was asked when on interview with RAF.
>
>it was something that had to be done there and then, there was little hope of
>recovering the aircraft. and tbh little chance of passengers being alive soon
>after hijack of this magnitude.
>
>i said at it i would down the aircraft but it would be by no means a decision i
>would be happy with. 
>
>bredroll
>
>
At least you could always argue by shooting down the plane you actually 
saved thousands.

D



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