AF flight from Rio missing [merged]
Jun 1, 2009, 11:19 am
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I had speculating, but it does seem like those are the two options:
1. Instant break-up in flight.
2. Loss of radio communications followed by loss of the aircraft.
I assume that had the aircraft landed at an airport somewhere, there would be some communication, most likely from a cell phone or from someone on the ground.
1. Instant break-up in flight.
2. Loss of radio communications followed by loss of the aircraft.
I assume that had the aircraft landed at an airport somewhere, there would be some communication, most likely from a cell phone or from someone on the ground.
Jun 1, 2009, 11:19 am
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Jun 1, 2009, 11:20 am
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Jun 1, 2009, 11:24 am
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I had speculating, but it does seem like those are the two options:
1. Instant break-up in flight.
2. Loss of radio communications followed by loss of the aircraft.
I assume that had the aircraft landed at an airport somewhere, there would be some communication, most likely from a cell phone or from someone on the ground.
1. Instant break-up in flight.
2. Loss of radio communications followed by loss of the aircraft.
I assume that had the aircraft landed at an airport somewhere, there would be some communication, most likely from a cell phone or from someone on the ground.
Officials said the Airbus A330-200 sent automated messages of electrical failure and pressure loss as it hit turbulence, vanishing from the radar early in its flight from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
Jun 1, 2009, 11:31 am
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CNN sums up the "facts" (rumors?) quite precise:
Sounds like a tough job to find the airplane - or what's left from it. If that turns out to be true, then this is really really bad news.
Sounds like a tough job to find the airplane - or what's left from it. If that turns out to be true, then this is really really bad news.
A330s don't just vanish. We need to know what happened and we are going to need the wreckage and the black boxes to help with that.
Jun 1, 2009, 11:31 am
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If they have the infrastructure in place or do not need it somewhere else and since an act of terror could not be ruled out earlier today, it would surprise me, if they do not take a look at the area when a civil airliner is lost...
Jun 1, 2009, 11:39 am
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Have any new facts (not speculations) surfaced in the last 6 hours?
It seems like nobody knows anything meaningful, other than the plane is not in Paris.
Very sad and agonizing for the relatives
It seems like nobody knows anything meaningful, other than the plane is not in Paris.
Very sad and agonizing for the relatives
Jun 1, 2009, 11:39 am
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I agree. Not just from satellite of course; the Navy has their own surveillance capabilities. In anycase, I'm sure the exact location is known, but not being reported to the public at this time.
Jun 1, 2009, 11:48 am
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BBc now reporting it must have been a "sudden and catastrophic emergency".
"This suggests whatever happened, happened before the crew could put out a mayday radio call. It was likely a sudden and catastrophic emergency."
Dreadful news for all involved. I can only add my deepest sympathy to all that has been expressed here already.
"This suggests whatever happened, happened before the crew could put out a mayday radio call. It was likely a sudden and catastrophic emergency."
Dreadful news for all involved. I can only add my deepest sympathy to all that has been expressed here already.
Jun 1, 2009, 11:48 am
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I would not be so confident. It went down in about the worst imaginable spot.
Jun 1, 2009, 11:53 am
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If we know the general area where the plane went down (within 100 miles)
couldn't we send it some subs to scan the sea floor for the wreckage?
Another 228 in his hands now...RIP
couldn't we send it some subs to scan the sea floor for the wreckage?
Another 228 in his hands now...RIP
Jun 1, 2009, 11:55 am
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