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Why isn't this plane explosion being talked about?

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ToBeOrNotToBee · 28/11/2024 15:28

On Monday a DHL plane 'crashed' in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Video footage shows an explosion as it comes into land.
Nothing in the news over here (UK) about it despite the death of one and 3 others seriously injured.
Previous incidents with DHL cargo planes in the last few months involving explosives being found in packages going onto planes (Leipzig) or after being unloaded (Birmingham) with the blame firmly being pointed at Russia.
This should be headline news for God's sake. We are definitely being kept in the dark.

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notimagain · 28/11/2024 18:10

For anyone who understands the basics and wants to look deeper into this subject Juan Browne (current 777 pilot in the States) has done one of his as usual excellent videos covering what we know so far from public sources and what might have gone on.

He’s usually very good, just wish he’s learnt to pronounce Vilnius without an extra “i” for this one:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Z0IyFzs_U

BocaChica · 28/11/2024 17:45

"Boeing can't carry on a this rate."

Do you know that the plane concerned was built more than 30 years ago ?

notimagain · 28/11/2024 17:39

I’m an ex-commercial pilot and TBH I don’t normally like speculating about this type of event but just this once I will - It’s not really been talked about that much for the following reasons:

The accident happened I think early Monday AM.

Once the information freely available in the public domain (ATC radio conversations, Some CCTV footage, downlinked ADS-data) started to make it on to social media late Monday it became fairly obvious to anyone with any expertise or experience in serious aviating that this looked very very much like being down to human error (thinking is it might have been mainly down to what is known as a high energy/rushed approach that wasn’t abandoned) rather than a hostile act or because the aircraft was a Boeing…

Of course the investigators late Monday were rightly not willing to rule anything in or out (they don’t do that in the first few hours), so that allowed some of the MSM to run with headlines such as “terrorism not ruled out”….it also didn’t help that at least one German politician used the accident to indulge in some grandstanding.

the investigating team Europe side don’t tend to do daily reports to the MSM, but there should be an interim report in the next few days or weeks, it’ll take several months, maybe a year plus for a full report..but nothing so far I’ve seen or heard points to anything other than this being an accident.

Hope that provides some insight.

XWKD · 28/11/2024 17:32

You're being kept in the dark? By whom?

Circumferences · 28/11/2024 17:29

Boeing can't carry on a this rate.
They are suffering from a sickness at CEO level who have prioritized "DEI" over actual engineering capabilities, and people are dying (or getting stuck alone in space for weeks) as a result.
This is yet another catastrophe.
Heads need to roll at Boeing.

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 28/11/2024 17:26

This wasn't a bigger news story because there were few casualties.

It's normal for a plane that crashes to catch fore / explode on impact

It can't be linked to anything else until there is evidence to link it to anything else, and to link it to Russian explosives at this stage would be speculation and bad journalism

hopeishere · 28/11/2024 17:22

. I had to Google the crash to find a BBC article which made no mention or link to the two other previous incidents despite the Reuters article on the same subject matter mentioning it.

Bit suspect is it not.

Bit suspect that the BBC are shit journalists? Not really!!

FelixtheAardvark · 28/11/2024 17:19

Given it's been reported in 3 national newspapers (that I know of - may be others) and on the BBC I hardly think "we're being kept in the dark".

C152 · 28/11/2024 16:48

I'm sure the public are kept in the dark about loads of things, but this was headline news when it happened, OP. Along with the suspicion it was another act of Russian hybrid warfare, which has been going on for years and is ramping up.

anniegun · 28/11/2024 16:45

If you get your news from TikTok with a bit of Heart FM thrown in you could be forgiven for not being up to date on World News

BocaChica · 28/11/2024 16:37

"Why isn't this plane explosion being talked about?

ToBeOrNotToBee · Today 15:28
On Monday a DHL plane 'crashed' in Vilnius, Lithuania....."
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Read-all-about-it :

https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/662714-dhl-737-crash-vilnius-lithuania-nov-25-2024-a.html

( the pic in your post is not the plane that went down )

Butterworths · 28/11/2024 16:12

ToBeOrNotToBee · 28/11/2024 15:39

Well yes.
I read about it on Monday on BBC very quickly on the way to work, then couldn't find it when I looked again that afternoon.
My work has 24 hour news playing, nothing was said about it on there either.

I've just read comments from ex-head of MI6 essentially suggesting we are already at war, and my mind went back to the crash. I had to Google the crash to find a BBC article which made no mention or link to the two other previous incidents despite the Reuters article on the same subject matter mentioning it.

Bit suspect is it not.

But suspect of what? Who do you think is seeking to supress the story and how?

ffsgloria · 28/11/2024 16:10

I saw this as a top story on the BBC on Monday.

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 28/11/2024 16:08

"Why is noone talking about this?"

Links to multiple articles talking about this.

FFS

Tillow4ever · 28/11/2024 16:07

ToBeOrNotToBee · 28/11/2024 15:28

On Monday a DHL plane 'crashed' in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Video footage shows an explosion as it comes into land.
Nothing in the news over here (UK) about it despite the death of one and 3 others seriously injured.
Previous incidents with DHL cargo planes in the last few months involving explosives being found in packages going onto planes (Leipzig) or after being unloaded (Birmingham) with the blame firmly being pointed at Russia.
This should be headline news for God's sake. We are definitely being kept in the dark.

I saw this as a "top story" on BBC news when it happened.

NewMum0305 · 28/11/2024 16:04

Complaining about being kept in the dark while linking to multiple news articles…

RedToothBrush · 28/11/2024 15:48

BMW6 · 28/11/2024 15:41

Why on earth should it be "headline news"?

It was in the news Tuesday (BBC online, Mail, Guardian).

It wasn't an atomic bomb.

Of course it was an atomic bomb. That's why it's 'not being talked about' by all the majority mainstream news outlets.

It's all just a massive conspiracy.

BMW6 · 28/11/2024 15:41

Why on earth should it be "headline news"?

It was in the news Tuesday (BBC online, Mail, Guardian).

It wasn't an atomic bomb.

ToBeOrNotToBee · 28/11/2024 15:39

Butterworths · 28/11/2024 15:34

This should be headline news for God's sake. We are definitely being kept in the dark

Given that it is in the newspapers in what sense do you think we're being kept in the dark? Do you think government forces are speaking to the newsdesks at the publishers instructing to run it but not too prominently or something?

Well yes.
I read about it on Monday on BBC very quickly on the way to work, then couldn't find it when I looked again that afternoon.
My work has 24 hour news playing, nothing was said about it on there either.

I've just read comments from ex-head of MI6 essentially suggesting we are already at war, and my mind went back to the crash. I had to Google the crash to find a BBC article which made no mention or link to the two other previous incidents despite the Reuters article on the same subject matter mentioning it.

Bit suspect is it not.

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Overtheatlantic · 28/11/2024 15:39

Op is one of those who says we are being “prepared” for the government to reveal the existence of aliens.

ImJustAGirlInACountrySong · 28/11/2024 15:37

ColinOfficeTrolley · 28/11/2024 15:32

I heard about this on a radio station news segment, so to say it wasn't spoken about isn't really correct.

It may have been a bigger story if it was closer to home.

Yes so did I!!

Op you need to calm down

OneTC · 28/11/2024 15:35

Why isn't this thing you've linked us to via many major news outlets not... um sorry what was the question again?

gannett · 28/11/2024 15:35

Obviously it is being talked about given the multiple mainstream outlets reporting on it that you yourself linked.

Butterworths · 28/11/2024 15:34

This should be headline news for God's sake. We are definitely being kept in the dark

Given that it is in the newspapers in what sense do you think we're being kept in the dark? Do you think government forces are speaking to the newsdesks at the publishers instructing to run it but not too prominently or something?

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