11/12 Extra: Plane crashes in New York

Okay. Everyone - arm-chair speculate!

Another plane went down in New York, this one in Queens. Here's a picture from CNN:



As of right now, 10:33 AM EST (GMT -5), no one really has any idea what happened. Which is exactly where we were when I found out an hour ago. Witnesses are saying it looked like an engine exploded. I guess the three most popular theories are:

1) Mechanical failure
2) Surface to Air missle (at least, that's what *my* guess is, if it was a terrorist attack)
3) Bomb on board

The plane was American Airlines Flight 587 from New York to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was a Boeing Airbus A300. 255 people on board.

More information can be found at: http://robots.cnn.com/2001/US/11/12/...ash/index.html

Man. I am so good at stealing Tony's thunder by posting pictures of planes crashing in New York.

Update: As BryanD pointed out below, the A300 is made by Airbus. My apologies for CNN stating it was a "Boeing Airbus A300" - buncha jerks.