Posted on 09/29/2006 5:31:02 PM PDT by Btrp113Cav
Just breaking on CNN head line banner.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft involved was delivered new less than a month ago. The business jet with which it apparently collided was US-registered and on its way back to the States; it was damaged but managed to land safely.
That would do it.
Awful. I guess the folks on the commercial flight did not fare so well?
Prayers up.
Brazil
Sixth, 29 of September of 2006, 20h46 Brought up to date to 21h42
Airplane of the Goal disappears after colliding with another aircraft
The Goal is trying to locate an airplane with 155 passengers that left Manaus with scale in Brasilia and destination to Rio De Janeiro, according to National Agency of Civil Aviation (Anac), and would have disappeared of the radar of control of the national aerial system. According to preliminary information, the airplane would have collided in full flight with another aircraft of small transport, Legacy model, manufactured for the Embraer.
” Boeing 737 is one of most occurred of aviation
The Legacy would have settled with the damaged wing in a field of tests of the Brazilian Air Force, in the Mountain range of the Cachimbo, Pará. Boeing 737, flight 1907 of the company, would have fallen in Pará, according to Globonews. The aircraft must have fond of its destination to 18h of today.
According to information of the Globonews, the company is leading relatives and friends of the passengers until a building to the side of the airport of Brasilia. The Goal must make an official uprising as soon as to obtain to contactar all the relatives.
The Air Force already sent search teams to find the airplane.
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http://tinyurl.com/l222k
http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI1166661-EI306,00.html
This happened on Bushs' watch.
O.K. Thats one messed up translation.
I should't joke I just flew in on a similar plane today.
Other sources reporting that this plane was only a few weeks old. Brand new delivery from Boeing.
If those sources are right, the aircraft was less than three weeks old.
Being such a new plane, wouldn't it have collision avoidance?
Yes, it would have TCAS.
However, TCAS hasn't prevented other mid air collisions. It isn't full proof.
full = fool. wanted to do this for years and this is my first chance....
I would guess that even if the collision didn't down the aircraft, it would not have enough fuel to stay up this long. Since it hasn't been found, I'd fear the worst.
Yes, but it's no guarantee. The aircraft that collided over Switzerland about four years ago both had TCAS, but the pilot of one followed the TCAS direction while the other followed the controller's contrary direction. (If a controller issues a command contrary to TCAS, the pilot is to follow the TCAS instruction and not the controller.)
In this case, it's possible the pilot ignored TCAS for whatever reason; it's also possible that the pilot of the bizjet (which may have TCAS but probably isn't required to) and the pilot of the 737 tried to "avoid" each other in the same direction and clipped.
Prayers bump
As I recall the National Geographic documentary about that midair over Switzerland, it said the Russian pilot heard an urgent voice from the controller and a calm voice from TCAS, and followed the urgent command.
Do you mind if I borrow that quote for a poster at the office? With a bit of context above it? I will attribute it.
I'm series.
/johnny
/johnny
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