Posted
6/05/2009 07:20:00 PM
by Douglas
Hey dude! If you're an amateur rocket enthusiast around IAH, cut it the fuck
outInvestigators believe the object that narrowly missed a Continental Express jet a week ago was a civilian-made rocket — described as a white cylinder about 5 to 7 feet long with triangular fins on its tail — rather than a military missile.
The description came from debriefing the jet’s pilot and co-pilot who spotted a rocket with a long white vapor trail headed directly toward their cockpit at 16,000 feet shortly after they took off from George Bush Intercontinental Airport about 8 p.m. on May 29, authorities said. The flight was carrying 23 passengers to Greenville, S.C.
This is the second time within a year that a Continental plane has encountered a rocket-like object in its air space shortly after taking off from Houston Intercontinental.
Pilots have enough to worry about without getting shot down in the 5:15 from Greenville to Houston.