Plane missing over Afghanistan - MSNBC breaking

[LosinIt]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6615036/

U.S. says 3 crew, 3 military passengers on boardBREAKING NEWS
The Associated Press
Updated: 12:03 a.m. ET Nov. 30, 2004KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military said Tuesday that it was searching for three civilian crew members and three military passengers who were aboard an aircraft that went missing over Afghanistan.

It said search-and-rescue efforts were focusing on the Hindu Kush mountains in the center of the country, from where it was receiving a signal from an emergency locator transmitter. It was unclear if the plane crashed.

© 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DAMN, DAMN, DAMN

[rsmith6621]

1. Sure are Alot of Plane Crashes lately

I wonder whats up??????

[TahitiNut]

2. "three civilian crew members and three military passengers"???

WHat kind of flight is that? It sounds like a corporate contractor's plane with military brass on board ... or CIA. :shrug:

[htuttle]

3. I was thinking the same thing

I would have expected it to be the other way around, with military crew members and civilian passengers.

[MADem]

6. Unless it was a USO show

...I'd be guessing it was your LAST choice.

As Dick would say, big time....

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. You might want to truncate the story to fit with LBN rules

thanks!

[Pale_Rider]

5. I guess that the clouds contained rocks ...

... which is one of the reasons why Nepali pilots avoid clouds.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Somebody found a missing

ground to air missile? I mean one of the ones we sort of left behind after the Ruskies left?