Geography question

[Rick Hall]

Open up Google Earth, go to:
16 degrees, 51 minutes, 53.59 seconds north
11 degrees, 57 minutes, 13.49 seconds east

It may work in Google maps and/or whatever MS and/or iApple uses, I don't know.

Zoom down to near the surface. What is it? How did it get there?

Rick

[Two Skies]

Is this what you are talking about?
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=16%C2%B0+51%27+53.59%22++11%C2%B0+57%27+13.49%22&ie=UTF8&ll=16.864933,11.953694&spn=0.001735,0.002216&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&t=f&z=19&ecpose=16.86450295,11.953694,618.33,0,13.581,0&iwloc=A

If so, that's the UTA Flight 772 Memorial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTA_Flight_772

[Rick Hall]

That was quick :-/

Half credit. What it is, but not how it got there. For that:
http://www.viralnova.com/i-noticed-this-tiny-thing-on-google-maps-and-when-i-zoomed-in-well-nothing-could-prepare-me/

Rick

[Two Skies]

Actually, my question is what is your connection to this memorial?

I have no particular connection, and the Wiki page explains who built the memorial.  The why should be obvious, based on what happened.

[Rick Hall]

Wrong thread. How to answer a question with another question is here: http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=7619.0

No connection, I thought it was a cool tribute. ?? miles from the nearest Starbux/DunkinDonuts/Circle-Kay/water...

Rick

[timsatx]

http://www.viralnova.com/i-noticed-this-tiny-thing-on-google-maps-and-when-i-zoomed-in-well-nothing-could-prepare-me/

[Rhino]

"The memorial is anchored by the starboard wing of the aircraft which was trucked to the site from 10 miles away. Workers had to dig up the wing and empty it of sand."

So why was the wing 10 miles away?

[MrPepsi]

"The memorial is anchored by the starboard wing of the aircraft which was trucked to the site from 10 miles away. Workers had to dig up the wing and empty it of sand."

So why was the wing 10 miles away?

Theory is someone used a suitcase bomb to blow up the plane.

[Rhino]

Theory is someone used a suitcase bomb to blow up the plane.

So the wreckage is scattered 10 miles or more? Wow!

[timsatx]

Well if it is flyin at 35,000 ft (just a complete guess) and traveling at about 500 mph (also a guess) then I could see things being scattered for quite some distance.

[Nosmo]

Well if it is flyin at 35,000 ft (just a complete guess) and traveling at about 500 mph (also a guess) then I could see things being scattered for quite some distance.

One of the companies I used to work for had a bunch of Piper PA34-220T Seneca's.  One of them disintegrated in mid-air (actually three of them over the years).  This particular one shed its horizontal stab at 9,000 feet, it pitched violently forward, and the rest of it just blew apart.  The wings came off, the engines departed, etc.  The battery, located in the nose compartment, right up front, was found by a farmer in his field two miles from the rest of the wreckage.  You would think all that lead would go straight down, but no.  It's very hard to predict where that stuff will end up. 

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Where did they find the pilot?

[Nosmo]

Where did they find the pilot?

His remains were in the wreckage of the fuselage, still buckled in.  Non-survivable.

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