Air France flight disappears over Atlantic

[YoGi-Sama]

@blr_p: Thanks mate... that was a really insightful article. Not to mention one of the best reasons I've seen for bumping up an old thread.

 

[ultimabasher]

new bermuda triangle :fear:

 

[raja_mastana]

Minute 4 is a painful read

 

[bottle]

Death in the Atlantic: The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447 - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Quite a harrowing read
Here's the million to one chance bug where a computer screws things up and the humans can't do a damn thing !!
Boeing does not have this problem. They can off the machine when they want.

thanks, shocking but a great article nevertheless

 

[blr_p]

It has to be said that article is based on conjecture because there is no black box to definitively back up the assertions made.

What confuses me is they say they will mount another search for it.

They had 2 months to get it after the crash but failed ot locate it. Would have been easier to find it then because it gives out a beacon that gets weaker after two months.

The thought of those helpless pilots trying to reboot the flight computer after the plane went into a stall because the computer thinks the speed has dropped and then takes over when in reality it had not. They had 4 minutes to freefall, not enough time

 

[Switch]

Shocking yet a great article. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rdst_1]

For several years now, Airbus has offered its customers a special safety program - called "Buss" -- at a cost of €300,000 per aircraft. If the airspeed indicator fails, this software shows pilots the angle at which they must point the plane.

Up to now, Air France has chosen not to invest in this optional extra for its fleet.

From the article

How convenient for both airbus and air france, one deciding to make profit by leaving out an important safety feature and giving it as an add-on and the other deciding not to go for it as not many such cases happen.

 

[M@crosoft]

Minute 4 is a painful read

LOL

bermuda triangle part 2:rofl:

 

[sabret00the]

and those su***** on Star news are showing "John aur Katrina ke bich mein kya hai" WTF...

and you should be bombed for watching star news!!! :rofl:

 

[logistopath]

Nice article. Makes me feel sad when I imagine the plight of the pilots who were helpless. On the other hand, the fact that the turbulence was so severe that the passengers and the hostesses hardly noticed that they were freefalling means that they were spared a harrowing 4 minutes of impending doom and disaster.

 

[gforce]

Chilling read! Thanks for the link!