Death in the Atlantic The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447
Feb 25, 2010, 12:13 pm
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Death in the Atlantic The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447
From Die Spiegel 2/25/10......
The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation. After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong. The reconstruction of the horrific final four minutes reveal continuing safety problems in civil aviation.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...679980,00.html
The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation. After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong. The reconstruction of the horrific final four minutes reveal continuing safety problems in civil aviation.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...679980,00.html
Feb 25, 2010, 12:50 pm
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There are so many chilling angles to the report. For example the Captain was not in the cockpit, nor was he wearing a seat belt, at the time of impact; they know this because they recovered his intact body from the Atlantic. I imagine he must have been trying to get back into the cockpit to find out why the airplane was in a rapid descent.
Feb 25, 2010, 2:29 pm
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Why do I read these stories? 
Anyway, thanks for posting... very interesting.
Anyway, thanks for posting... very interesting.
Feb 25, 2010, 4:39 pm
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