Posted on 06/06/2009 5:29:56 PM PDT by george76
BRAZILIAN search aircraft late have spotted seats and part of a plane wing in the Atlantic where an Air France jet went down nearly a week ago, officials said after two bodies and other items were recovered from the area.
"Plane seats, part of the wing (and) various other items (were) localised,"
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
Have they ruled out terrorism, yet? I really haven’t been keeping tabs on this...but am remembering how LONG it took for the doomed flight over Scotland to be tied to terrorism.
I’m surprised that some of Obama’s brethren haven’t claimed credit for this, true or not. ;-)
If it was terrorism, it could have been proof-of-concept for a bigger plot, in which case the organization wouldn’t claim credit.
I’m posing this question for the third time: Why don’t they encased the “black boxes” in some type of floatation device?
encased = encase
Flotation 'case' or not, it goes down with the plane, and stays attached, until someone disconnects it.
“Have they ruled out terrorism, yet? I really haven’t been keeping tabs on this...but am remembering how LONG it took for the doomed flight over Scotland to be tied to terrorism.”
I doubt they’ll admit to it being terrorism, but that is where my bets are.
Nothing ruled out as far as I know.
The flight data recorders are crash survivable. Therefore, the weigh a lot. Also, they must be secured to a rack or mount in the aircraft. Additionally, they have to be connected to sensors and computers through wire harnesses. How they are currently secured into the aircraft, if the area of said aircraft sinks, the recorders sink with them.
That is new technology, coming on board. We use it on our military aircraft. The industry has resisted due to the high cost and lack of product availablility.
Thanks. I knew someone would know. Perhaps a redesign is in order? Hopefully they will find these. May the passengers and crew R.I.P.
Post 10 gives more detail.
Post 11 answers your question.
Thanks to both of those posters.
Why don’t they make the plane out of black box material?
My theory is that the speed measuring pitot tubes iced over and auto pilot increased the engine power. Turbulence from the storm cell caused buffeting that overloaded the trim stabilizers and the aircraft lost control. Autopilot switched off by by then the aircraft was in a steep dive, exceeded airframe limits and broke apart.
A new type of control system on board does not allow pilots to over-steer. However when that system is not getting accurate data it can also keep pilots from obtaining control in a spiraling dive.
One of the hazards of fly-by-wire, computers are not good at emergencies. When unusual events layer on one another....the computers may not have a competent software response. How do you program human intuition and doubt? Those are essential for emergency decisions.
Experienced pilots have hunches and a feel for flying that cannot be replaced by computers. But then computers are cheaper, don't unionize, and allow lesser trained and cheaper pilots to be hired.
someone would have taken credit for it if it was a terrorist attack, wouldn't they?
Because if they did, it wouldn't get off the ground! (Yes, I know you're just making a joke.)
What about the French subs? Why do we have to do it?
Because if you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.
It's like the Canadian National Anthem ... O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!
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