AF447 Plane Accident

[xxMATTGxx]

Not had any news for a while. But here is some!

Flight 447: Air France Airbus broke up in mid-air, autopsies suggest

The results of autopsies carried out on victims of the Air France disaster are consistent with the Airbus A330 passenger jet breaking up in mid air, forensic experts have said.

Broken legs, hips and arms were found by Brazilian authorities on an undisclosed number of the 50 bodies recovered so far from the crash site in the Atlantic after flight 447 went down in a storm en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 31 May killing all 228 people on board.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...rash-autopsies

[Tintinnabulate]

Breaking up in the air is even worse. Imagine how they would have been feeling at the time. Actually its impossible to imagine the fear they would have faced, knowing they are about to die.

[GommeInc]

Breaking up in the air is even worse. Imagine how they would have been feeling at the time. Actually its impossible to imagine the fear they would have faced, knowing they are about to die.

Or they died instantly, no-one will know - what they felt probably never existed, shock would of kicked in and it would feel like one of those "time has frozen" feelings and immediate cut off. Not a nice thing to discuss either way.

[Tintinnabulate]

I doubt they would have died instantly. Anyway are they still searching for the black box?

[Frank459]

Or explosive decompression mightve caused them to fall into unconsciousness and they wouldnt have known a thing. Time for the black box is slipping so I guess if they dont find it in the next week they may never find it.

[xxMATTGxx]

Or explosive decompression mightve caused them to fall into unconsciousness and they wouldnt have known a thing. Time for the black box is slipping so I guess if they dont find it in the next week they may never find it.

Nearly correct on what your saying. Although if they still want the black boxes, then they can still actually search for them. Reminds me of the Air India 747 incident (If I remember correctly) and the black boxes were down there for months. It's just hard at the moment as nothing is really getting reported or told to the public.

[Frank459]

Well for over 300 square miles of oceanic surface to search for these black boxes after the expired 30 days the pingers are alive, I would say its near impossible in the next 5 years to find them.

[xxMATTGxx]

Well for over 300 square miles of oceanic surface to search for these black boxes after the expired 30 days the pingers are alive, I would say its near impossible in the next 5 years to find them.

5 years is a bit big don't you think? Yeah I can see what your saying but most things that people find impossible can actually be possible. They already know it broke up in mid-air instead of landing onto the ocean. So they might not even need the black boxes no more, it just helps.

[Frank459]

A full investigation needs hard evidence of what happened, not just that a few broken limbs were on those of the passengers. They couldve been caused by the impact on the ocean.

300 square miles is a LARGE space and having the boxes at 7000ft below sea level, it will take 5 years or more to do just a small proportion of that area.

[xxMATTGxx]

A full investigation needs hard evidence of what happened, not just that a few broken limbs were on those of the passengers. They couldve been caused by the impact on the ocean.

300 square miles is a LARGE space and having the boxes at 7000ft below sea level, it will take 5 years or more to do just a small proportion of that area.

The findings, confirmed to the Associated Press on Wednesday, suggest the plane disintegrated at altitude and the force of the windstream may have killed the passengers. Forensic examiners also told Brazilian media that some of the bodies had no clothing and no signs of burns, evidence which is also consistent with a mid-air break up.

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