Posted on 05/12/2010 9:15:39 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Airframer data for the crashed Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 shows that it had accumulated just 1,600 flight hours before the accident.
Airbus has confirmed the carrier's identification of the airframe as serial number 1024, adding that it had conducted some 420 flights since delivery in September.
"Preliminary reports indicate that the aircraft crashed short of the runway threshold during approach," it adds.
There is no information on the level of experience of the cockpit crew. Afriqiyah confirms that a child was the sole survivor from among the 93 passengers - mainly Dutch nationals - and 11 crew on board.
Video images from the scene suggest that both flight recorders have been recovered from the wreckage.
(Excerpt) Read more at flightglobal.com ...
It disintegrated a yard off the runway, apparently. Was there an altitude sensitive trigger involved?
And which country has been in the news recently with respect to violent muslims? Artists, cartoonists, and legislators who speak out against muslims.
There is no confirmation of the runway in use, or the type of approach carried out.
These people were coming from South Africa which has a large Afrikaner polpulation.
A lot of “third world airlines” are unsafe and flown by incompetent pilots. Best example, Aeroflot in Russia.
It’s a crap shoot on some airlines.
In fact give me Aeroflot any day over Continental.
Sounds more like a cell phone trigger to me.
I try to fly boeing jets whnever possible. Airbus planes default to the coputer when bad things happen, boeing jets default to the Pilot. There hgave been a few disturbing accidents with Airbus jets in which the Pilot could not override the computer
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