Posted on 06/17/2009 1:11:32 PM PDT by SloopJohnB
Autopsies revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France disaster victims, a Brazilian official said Wednesday. Experts said those injuries — and the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic — strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air.
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Now this plane "breaks up in the air" -- NOT TERRORISM! NOT TERRORISM!
And that was before they found the wreakage.....:o(
Dear God I hope that is the case.
There is nothing to support terrorism in either case.
It came down in pieces. It could have blown up. Nothing yet on what caused breakup.
When the Vincennes shot down the Iranian airliner some of the bodies that were found also had no clothing. The forces that act upon the people are unimaginable.
But there’s nothing to exclude it, either. It’s just one of many options, and will be until further investigation can be done, hopefully including more wreckage retrieval and finding the voice and data recorders.
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But it is incorrect to say that there is "nothing to support terrorism" in that case. There were many witnesses who testified that they saw a fiery trail leave the water and hit the plane. Yes, they may have been wrong. There was also (apparently) radar records of an incoming object striking the plane. The records disapprearred and may never have existed. There was (apparently) chemical traces of rocket fuel (not jet fuel) found on some of the wreckage. Maybe that meant nothing.
It may not have been a terrorist attack. But it is incorrect to say that there is "nothing to support terrorism" in that case. But the Clinton administration certainly didn't want to entertain speculation.
Ummmm... a human body going from 500 MPH to 0 MPH in the course of a short distance is going to break bones, whether you are strapped to an aluminum chair or not.
The plane may have broke up in flight, but I don’t see how broken bones is proof of that.
Apparently there’s a certain pattern of injuries (I forget what they’re called, but there’s a term for it) that’s specific to an in-flight breakup. They’re basically caused by the flailing of limbs caused when the seated, belted passengers suddenly get ejected into a slipstream with an apparent speed of 250-300 mph.
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The phrase used in my aviation survival training was "time of useful consciousness". It's the amount of time you have between realizing you need to get the oxygen mask on your face and the time you're too far incapacitated to act on your own behalf. 10 to 15 seconds is tops at typical airliner cruise altitudes. In a less catastrophic situation, you might notice being light headed and have more time to get to oxygen.
And rigor mortis had already set in.
Now, I believe, they are auto strapped in.
yeah, that was pretty odd too wasn’t it?
“They’re basically caused by the flailing of limbs caused when the seated, belted passengers suddenly get ejected into a slipstream with an apparent speed of 250-300 mph”
And at cruise altitude, they would be clocking more like 500 mph. I would think the immediate exposure to that windspeed would break bones, think of the idiots who stand out in the 70-80 mph winds of a hurricane, then multiply that by force by 5.
“I’m Schocked To Find That There Is Gambling Goin On In This Establishment”!(here are your winnings for the evening,Inspector Reynaud).
Or that used to climb from one car into another and back at 70 or 80mph going down the freeway?
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