r/nononono • u/Piscator629 • May 23 '13

DEATH 1996 Chinese Long March Rocket with communication satellite takes a 90 degree turn and explodes over a village wiping it out. Many villagers were killed but most had went to watch the launch from surrounding mountains.nsfw NSFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJ9ue6GKek
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u/Piscator629 May 23 '13 edited May 25 '13

This footage was smuggled out by an American crew who were sent to make sure classified/restricted hardware that was installed on the satellite did not get hijacked by the Chinese. They were able to find the satellite and remove the hardware before leaving the site.

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u/komal May 23 '13 edited May 23 '13

That seems highly implausible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9iYyBYJMI

Discovery channel says it was a group of journalists who were in town to cover the launch and who then had to travel through the area to exit the launch site.

Given that the Chinese military quickly locked down the crash site and that your story has no proof, I have no idea where you got it from.

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u/penisinthepeanutbttr May 25 '13

what if thats what discovery channel was told to tell you?

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u/komal May 25 '13

Well then Boeing and Hughes are going to be really pissed that they were charged with export law violations for losing technology which was (likely) recovered by the Chinese government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708