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No Hope For 228 Passengers And Crew Feared Dead In Air France Catastrophe
London Times ^
| June 01st 2009
Posted on 06/01/2009 10:13:17 AM PDT by Steelfish
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:13:17 AM PDT
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Steelfish
To: Steelfish
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:17:23 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:19:57 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Liz Cheney 2012)
To: Steelfish
“multiple electrical faults and, according to a statement from the Brazilian air force, lost cabin pressure.”
Obviously no hope then, sounds like a breakup.
I had a slim hope that possibly there could be people in life rafts after a successful water landing.
To: Steelfish
Wow, they don’t even need an accident investigation
They already know the whole story
How many airliners have been brought down by lightning vs terrorists?
(the bit about a high ranking al Qaeda operative being arrested in Brazil last week-—only a coincidence)
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:21:41 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
To: HereInTheHeartland
The authorities will still do a fly over, just in case.
Wouldn’t that be a miracle?
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:22:31 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(Who IS that fat lady, and why is she singing?????)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Up until I retired, I put on many many miles in the tropics and hit a lot of storms, but had confidence in those Boeing’s. When the fly by wire plastic Airbus hit the scene, I never felt comfortable in one of them. In the smaller planes the hydraulics sound like they are going to fail any second and the gear noises really shake the lighter planes. Having flown thru electrical storms near typhoons with static discharges flickering out on those wings..I wonder how they handle that in a composite construction. Boeing is going that way with the Dreamliner, but I still prefer flying a 747..or 777.
There is nothing like riding business class upstairs in the 747..better than first class up front.
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:24:30 AM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: Steelfish
How do they know it wasn’t a jolly terrorist attack? Lightning doesn’t sound at all likely or convincing. Terrorism, on the other hand...
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:27:17 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: ASOC
“The authorities will still do a fly over, just in case.
Wouldnt that be a miracle? “
I'm sure they will try to recover anything floating at least.
Maybe black boxes if the technology (underwater recovery) somehow would allow?
To: Steelfish
This is the same aircraft that Nothrup-Grumman and EADS wanted us to buy as a new refueling tanker?
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:35:27 AM PDT
by
scooter2
(IMPEACH OBAMA NOW !)
To: Steelfish
The black box will be at the bottom of the sea.Which "black box"?
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:36:09 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The University of Notre Dame's motto: "Kill our unborn children? YES WE CAN!")
To: HereInTheHeartland
Maybe black boxesThank you.
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:37:53 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The University of Notre Dame's motto: "Kill our unborn children? YES WE CAN!")
To: Blood of Tyrants; Steelfish
To: Steelfish
This makes me want to cry, what a terrifying thing to go through, especially for the little children.
Prayers!!
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:42:06 AM PDT
by
diamond6
(Is SIDS preventable? www.Stopsidsnow.com)
To: Steelfish
Well...I doubt the lightning BS...When I was flying in KC-130s in the Marines we were struck twice....the second one put a hole in the radome the size of a fist....but I’m still here to talk about it. No, something other then a lightning strike brought this aircraft down.
To: Oldexpat
I am retired box hauler...many many miles in Convair 880’s,DC-8 Heavy's, DC-10’s and 747’s. By far the 747 was pussycat to fly, it would shake rattle and roll in heavy turbulence but never once did I fear a in flight breakup.
You haven't lived if you haven't seen a 747 completely covered with St Elmo's fire.
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:50:08 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Steelfish
They are gone. Prayers for the families.
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:53:22 AM PDT
by
pepperdog
(As Israel goes, so goes America!)
To: Perdogg
To: Steelfish
The flight from Brazil was probably brought down by a lightning strike after hitting a fierce stormAh yes, lightning strike - act of G*d - no insurance payouts - high fives all around
I know I'm being cynical but that is how I see it going at Air France and the insurance companies.
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posted on
06/01/2009 10:58:45 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: rightwingextremist1776
It's not often that I recommend something from Vanity Fair - but every once in a while they have some great stuff - and on flying, I have found William Langwiesche's writing to be about as good as it gets. He wrote in depth about the collision between a 737 and an Embraer Legacy 600 corporate jet that was on a shakedown flight prior to delivery in the U.S. It's a fascinating story, very depressing when you think of the sheer improbability of the accident. Does not reflect well on the Brazilian air traffic system - which is a branch of the military there.
http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2009/01/air_crash200901
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